Protonym: Eciton nigrum
Authorship Jerdon, 1851: 112
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: India: “rare in Malabar, but tolerably common in parts of the Carnatic” (T.C. Jerdon). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Eciton nigrum Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)
Original combination
Sima nigra Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)
Tetraponera nigra Species Valid