Protonym: Melophorus graciliceps
Authorship Heterick et al., 2017: 182, fig. 36
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Victoria, Heathcote, nr Bendigo, 26.v.1961, 1000 ft, ANIC ants vial 20.238 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 13 paratype major workers, 8 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype major workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype major, 2 paratype minor workers with same data as holotype but 29.v.1961, ANIC ants vial 20.239, 3 paratype minor workers New South Wales, Yathong Nature Reserve, 3-25.x.2003, 205 m., ANIC Bulk Sample 2154 (C. Lambkin & N. Starwick), 6 paratype major, 2 paratype minor workers Queensland, St George, 7.i.1966, R10 (B.B. Lowery), 2 paratype major, 1 paratype minor workers South Australia, Calca, 26.ix.1957, ANIC ants vial 22.188 (B.B. Lowery), 2 paratype major workers Western Australia, Westonia, coll. approx. 2000, Environmental Biology Dept, Curtin University of Technology (no collector’s name). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA, SAMA, WAMP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Melophorus graciliceps Species Valid Original combination