Protonym: Leptothorax (Macromischa) ixili
Authorship Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 459, figs. 67, 111
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality GUATEMALA
Etymology Geographical, from ‘ixil’, one of the many Maya dialects spoken by the indigenous people of Guatemala.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Guatemala: [intercepted in quarantine: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.] 30.iv.1946, SF 20968, 46-5352, Oncidium sp. Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00529550 (pin includes teneral gyne which is missing a head). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 188.)
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 3 paratype workers (bearing a label reading “PARATYPUS”, but unreported in Baroni Urbani, 1978b), 1 paratype worker [intercepted in quarantine], 6.v.1938, EQR4815, Oncidium sp. Secondary type depositories and specimens: LACM: LACMENT323191; MCZC: MCZ-ENT00581829; NHMB: CASENT0912951; USNM: CASENT0758364. (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 188.)
Type notes Prebus, 2021b: 188, reports a teneral queen on the same pin as the holotype, not mentioned by Baroni Urbani, 1978b. Prebus, 2021b: 188, also records 3 paratypes in LACM, but dated 6.v.1938 (intercepted in quarantine); these were not mentioned as paratypes by Baroni Urbani, 1978b in the original description.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax ixili Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax ixili (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
Original combination
Temnothorax ixili Species Valid