| Authorship |
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014:
34, figs. 8B, 10A,C, 13A,C, 14A, 31A,C, 33A-C, 34A-C, 35A,B, 36A,C,E, 37A, 38A, 39A, 40A, 41A, 42A
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| Forms |
w.q.m |
| Bioregion |
Malagasy |
| Locality |
MADAGASCAR |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet is the patronym of Dr. Barry Lee Bressler, retired physicist, former adjunct professor of physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and amateur naturalist, in recognition of his interest in myrmecology and his support for research on ants. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toliara, Forêt Ivohibe, 55.0 km. N Tolagnaro, -24.569°, 47.204°, 200 m., 2-4.xii.2006, BLF15450 (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0129838. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0129839, CASENT0129840. |
