| Authorship |
Brown, 1978b:
281
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ECUADOR, SURINAME, GUYANA |
| Etymology |
From the Latin word scalpo = to carve, to scratch, to draw nails across; probably referring to the mesonotum or gastral terga sculpturing which are striate. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Napo Prov., 20 km. S Tena, 11.vii.1976, no. B-360, litter berlesate, rainforest (S. & J. Peck). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ ENT 00034796. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Suriname: “Sectie O”, 15.vii.1942, forest floor (D.C. Geijskes), 1 paratype worker Guyana: Oronoque River, 2°41'N, 25.vii.1936, no. 594 (N.A. Weber). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. |
