Authorship |
Wong & McRae, 2024:
173, figs. 1-4
|
Forms |
w. |
Bioregion |
Australasia |
Locality |
AUSTRALIA (Western Australia) |
Etymology |
The species epithet pays tribute to the antagonist in the Harry Potter book series, Lord Voldemort, a terrifying wizard who, like the new ant, is slender, pale, and thrives in darkness. The species epithet is a noun, and thus invariant. |
Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker (damaged). Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Newman, 22°44'S, 119°02'E, ca 575 m a.s.l., 8.iii.2023, subterranean scraping (Jane M. McRae). Primary type depository: WAM. Primary type specimen: BENNSPECIMENID_746962.1. |
Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker (damaged). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: WAM. Secondary type specimen: BENNSPECIMENID _746962. |