Protonym: Macromischa pastinifera
Authorship Emery, 1894d: 164, pl. 1, fig. 18
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BAHAMAS
Etymology Morphological, from the Latin ‘pastinum’, a two-pronged digging instrument used for digging + ‘-fer’ (= bearing); presumably a reference to the long propodeal spines.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Bahamas: (no further data). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes Lectotype designation by Prebus, 2021b: 218, is redundant as Emery specifies only a single specimen, “un esemplare mandatomi dal Sig. Pergande”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax pastinifer Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax pastinifer (Emery, 1894)
Macromischa pastinifera Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax pastinifer (Emery, 1894)
Original combination
Temnothorax pastinifer Species Valid