Temnothorax mexicanus
(Mackay, 2000)
valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) mexicanus
Mackay, 2000:
369, figs. 26, 30, 133, 134 (w.q.m.)
MEXICO (Coahuila).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Coahuila, 16 km. E San Antonio, 20.v.1988, #10270 (W. Mackay). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers, 12 paratype queens, 21 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, CASC, FMNH, LACM, MCZC, UNAM, USNM, WEMC.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
- Status as species: 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