Protonym: Aspididris militaris
| Authorship | Weber, 1950d: 3, fig. 1 |
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| Forms | w.q. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | TRINIDAD |
| Etymology | From Latin, “militaris”, relating to soldiers or war, military service, warrior. Dr. Gustav Mayr probably named this species in reference to the clavate hairs present on the vertexal crest of this taxon, which refers to the top of helmets of some of the Roman legionnaires. An example is the Praetorian Guard (soldiers in charge of protecting the praetorium, the central part of the camp of a Roman legion where the officers were installed), whose clothing included a helmet with a crest crowned with horsehair. (Source: Probst & Brandão, 2022: 49.) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Trinidad: Nariva Swamp, 23.iv.1935 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: AMNH. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated, “several of the same species”). Secondary type locality: paratypes apparently with same data as holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC. |
| Type notes | Probst & Brandão, 2022: 43 state that all type specimens (examined) are in fact worker-queen intercastes. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Aspididris militaris | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Basiceros militaris (Weber, 1950)
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Original combination |
| Basiceros militaris | Species | Valid |