Protonym: Iridomyrmex nitidus r. oceanicus
Authorship Forel, 1901c: 20
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, Ralum (F. Dahl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, OXUM.
Type notes 1) Shattuck, 1994: 134, cites 33 worker, 12 queen, 18 male syntypes. 2) Forel, 1901c: 21, records that nests with alate queens and males were dated 1.vi.1896, 4.vii.1896, 18.vii.1896, and 20.x.1896.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex nitidus oceanicus Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Papyrius nitidus oceanicus (Forel, 1901)
Original combination
Papyrius nitidus oceanicus Subspecies Valid