Protonym: Ponera caffraria
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 91
Forms q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban), “56/63” (Plant). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902479.
Type notes BMNH accessions register gives: “1856 no. 63 (May 24) Port Natal. Purchased of Stevens. Collected by Mr Plant” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Euponera caffraria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Makebapone caffraria (Smith, 1858)
Makebapone caffraria Species Valid
Mesoponera caffraria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Makebapone caffraria (Smith, 1858)
Ponera caffraria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Makebapone caffraria (Smith, 1858)
Original combination