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Protonym: Odontomachus yucatecus
Authorship Brown, 1976c: 169
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Campeche, Yucatan, Veracruz), GUATEMALA, BELIZE
Etymology Probably alludes to the Yucatán native people who lives in the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico, which is the type locality of this species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Campeche, 10 km. E Campeche, no. 132, stray (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ Holotype 34797.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Mexico: Yucatan, nr mouth of second cave on San Roque Road, Oxkutzcab (A.S. Pearse), 2 paratype workers Mexico: Veracruz, Pueblo Nuevo, nr Tezonapa, no. 250, degraded tropical evergreen forest (E.O. Wilson), 1 paratype worker Guatemala: Antigua (W.M. Wheeler), 1 paratype worker Guatemala: Escuintla (W.M. Wheeler), 1 paratype worker Belize: Belmopan, second growth Cecropia-palm forest litter berlesate (S. & J. Peck). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: MZSP77727, CASENT0900609.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus yucatecus Species Valid Original combination