Protonym: Macromischa salvini
Authorship Forel, 1899e: 57, pl. 3, fig. 18
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality PANAMA
Etymology Patronym, presumably in honor of English naturalist Osbert Salvin, who collected in Mesoamerica during the 19th century.
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 411). Primary type locality: lectotype Panama: Chiriquí, Volcán de Chiriquí, 1220–1830 m, #99-304, BMNH (E) 1014995 (Champion). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901796 (lectotype; leftmost specimen).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker (severely damaged). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0908989.
Type notes Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 495, cites 3 worker syntypes (2 BMNH, 1 MHNG).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Macromischa salvini Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax salvini (Forel, 1899)
Original combination
Temnothorax salvini Species Valid