Protonym: Formica zonata
Authorship Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 205
Forms q.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea: New Ireland I.)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Ireland I., Port Praslin, 1822-25 (Voyage La Coquille). Primary type depository: MNHN.
Type notes A male specimen may also be present as Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 206, adds, “We have only seen one male individual”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica zonata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Oecophylla zonata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Original combination
Oecophylla zonata Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)