Temnothorax josephi
(Mackay, 2000)
valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) josephi
Mackay, 2000:
349, figs. 78, 115-120 (w.q.m.)
U.S.A. (New Mexico).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A: New Mexico, Socorro County, nr Mt Withington, 33°48’32.2’’N, 107°22’57.2’’W, 2185 m., 7.viii.1994, #16952 (W. Mackay). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 315 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens, 6 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 41 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 6 paratype males with same data as holotype, 146 paratype workers New Mexico, Hidalgo County, Coronado Nat. Forest, Clayton Draw, 20.iii.1998, #17934 (Mackay family), 76 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Coronado Nat. Forest, Peloncillo Mts, 21.iii.1998, #17973 (Mackay family), 52 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen as last but #17974. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, CASC, EMAU, FMNH, LACM, MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, MZSP, UNAM, USNM, WEMC.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
- Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 125; Bolton, 2003: 271.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:265-444. PDF
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF