Protonym: Macromischa azteca
| Authorship | Wheeler, 1931b: 8 |
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| Forms | w.q.m. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | MEXICO (Veracruz) |
| Etymology | Geographical, in reference to the type series locality in the former Aztec empire. |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 368). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Mirador, 10.v.1929, #Z435/Sk. (E. Skwarra). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: M.C.Z. Type 16357 (lectotype; top specimen on pin). |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype (on same pin as lectotype); 3 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype; 3 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, except #Z420/Sk. Secondary type depositories and specimens: MCZC: M.C.Z. Type 16357 (remaining workers on same pin as lectotype); AMNH; LACM: LACMENT323181, LACMENT181967; MZSP: MZSP0089458. |
| Type notes | 1) Wheeler, 1931b: 10, originally described this taxon from, “a number of workers and males and a single female”. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 427, cites 12 worker, 1 queen, 5 male syntypes (6w, 2m AMNH, 6w, 1q, 3m MCZC). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Macromischa azteca | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax aztecus (Wheeler, 1931)
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Original combination |
| Temnothorax aztecus | Species | Valid |