Protonym: Vitsika astuta
Authorship Bolton & Fisher, 2014: 74, figs. 84-86, 150
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Prov. Antsiranana, R.S. Manongarivo, 17.3 km. 218° SW Antanambao, 1580 m., 14°01.3’S, 48°25.1’E, 27.x.1998, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), montane rainforest, BLF1970(50)-13 (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0248549.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: same data as holotype but BLF1970(05), (11), (16), (22)-11, (22)-13, (49)-9, (50), (50)-12. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Vitsika astuta Species Valid Original combination