Primary type information:
Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of
Snelling, 1995a: 6). Primary type locality: neotype U.S.A.: Texas, Ward County, 21 mi. W Monahans, 6.vi.1979 (
O.F. Francke, J.V. Moody & F.W. Merickel). Primary type depository:
USNM.
Type notes:
1)
Snelling, 1995a also nominated 91 workers, 8 queens, 3 males as “neoparatypes”, a category not recognised by ICZN. 2) An earlier lectotype designation by
Johnson, 1989b: 188, was made redundant by
Snelling, 1995a: 6. 3) Original syntype data: workers, queens, males (numbers not stated), U.S.A.: “Southern States” (no further data) (
H.C. McCook).