Protonym: Odontomachus spissus
Authorship Kempf, 1962b: 17, figs. 5-7
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Mato Grosso)
Etymology From Latin word spissus = thick, dense, crowded or slow; probably referring to the compact body and small size of this species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Utiariti, Rio Papagaio, 325 m., vii.1961, (Kempf coll. no. 1583) (K. Lenko). Primary type depository: DZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP77725.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: DZSP, MZSP. Secondary type specimen: MZSP77726.
Type notes França et al., 2024: 145, say that the holotype is in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus spissus Species Valid Original combination