Temnothorax aztecus
(Wheeler, 1931)
valid
Macromischa azteca
Wheeler, 1931b:
8 (w.q.m.)
MEXICO (Veracruz).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 368). Type-locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Mirador, 10.v.1929, #Z435/Sk. (E. Skwarra). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: M.C.Z. Type 16357 (lectotype; top specimen on pin). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 368.)
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 8 paralectotype workers. Paratype-localities: paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype (on same pin as lectotype); 3 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype; 3 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, except #Z420/Sk. Paratype-depositories and specimens: MCZC: M.C.Z. Type 16357 (remaining workers on same pin as lectotype); AMNH; LACM: LACMENT323181, LACMENT181967. (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 368.)
- Lectotype designation: Prebus, 2021b: 368.
- Combination in Leptothorax (Macromischa): Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 425.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1937b: 464; Kempf, 1972b: 136; Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 425 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 351; Bolton, 1995b: 236; Bolton, 2003: 271; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 261; Prebus, 2021b: 38 (in key), 368 (diagnosis, redescription).
- Senior synonym of Temnothorax aztecus maya: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 425; Brandão, 1991: 351; Bolton, 1995b: 236; Prebus, 2021b: 368.
Junior synonyms
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Temnothorax aztecus maya
(Wheeler, 1937)
Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa azteca maya
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1978b. Materiali per una revisione dei Leptothorax neotropicali appartenenti al sottogenere Macromischa Roger, n. comb. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 3:395-618. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Prebus, M. M. 2021b. Taxonomic revision of the Temnothorax salvini clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key to the clades of New World Temnothorax. PeerJ 9:462 pp. e11514. 10.7717/peerj.11514 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1931b. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72:1-34. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1937b. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81:439-465. PDF