Protonym: Metapone africana
Authorship Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 511, figs. 12-15
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GABON
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Gabon: Prov. Woleu-Ntem, 31.3 km. 108° ESE Minvoul, 2°04.8’N, 12°24.4’E, 600 m., 8.ii.1998, Acc 1656-1, ex rotten log, rainforest (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005915.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes Presence of w.q.m. series recorded as in BMNH, but not described: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 511.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Metapone africana Species Valid Original combination