Protonym: Polyrhachis scutulatus
Authorship Smith, 1859a: 140
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDONESIA (Aru Is)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru 59” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Type notes A second specimen from Aru is present in OXUM, marked “Aru 56,” but the style of writing is different from the holotype’s label and the “56” appears to have been added separately, as it is in a different colour of ink (B. Bolton unpublished notes 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Polyrhachis scutulata Species Valid Original combination
Polyrhachis scutulatus Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Polyrhachis scutulata Smith, 1859