Protonym: Formica obscurans
Authorship Walker, 1859: 372
Forms q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902498.
Type notes 1) Number of specimens as cited by Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575. 2) Chen et al., 2025: 274, incorrectly cite CASENT0902495 as a syntype.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Brachyponera obscurans Species Valid
Formica obscurans Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Brachyponera obscurans (Walker, 1859)
Original combination