Protonym: Basiceros conjugans
Authorship Brown, 1974c: 134, figs. 1, 2
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ECUADOR
Etymology From the Latin conjugant- (conjugans), present participle of the verb conjugare, meaning “connecting”, “uniting”. Such an epithet is undoubtedly a reference to the intermediate morphology of this species among the other taxa of the then considered separate genera Aspididris and Basiceros. When describing the species, Brown, 1974c refers to Basiceros conjugans as the “additional intergradient” and formally synonymizes Aspididris under Basiceros. (Source: Probst & Brandão, 2022: 21.)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Limoncocha, ix.-xi.1964 (H.R. Hermann). Primary type depository: not stated, presumably MCZC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2+ paratype workers (number not stated, “a few other workers”), 8 paratype queens, 3 paratype males. Secondary type localities: unnumbered paratype workers, 8 paratype queens, 3 paratype males with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Colombia: 7 km. N Leticia, ii.1972, B-230 (S. & J. Peck). Secondary type depository: not stated, presumably MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Basiceros conjugans Species Valid Original combination