Macromischa skwarrae Wheeler, 1931 an obsolete combination of Temnothorax skwarrae (Wheeler, 1931)
Macromischa skwarrae Wheeler, 1931b: 10 (w.q.) MEXICO (Morelos). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 170). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Morelos, Cuernavaca, 26.vi.1929, in Tillandsia circinnata (E. Skwarra). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZENT00016358. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, USNM. Secondary type specimens: MCZENT00577117 (MCZC; dealate queen); FoCol0411 (SMND; worker), FoCol0412 (SMND; teneral worker); USNMENT00532047 (USNM; worker/s). Type notes: 1) Original description cites “several workers and a single female”. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 504, cites 16 worker, 1 queen syntypes (9w AMNH, 7w, 1q MCZC). 3) Prebus, 2021b: 170, also cites a depository as SMND, an acronym not represented in his list of depositories (pp. 10-11).
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