Protonym: Mystrium mirror
Authorship Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014: 80, figs. 5C, 8D, 20A,C,E, 24B, 25A,C, 26A,C, 27B,D, 37E, 38E, 39E, 40E, 41E, 50C, 51C, 52C, 53C, 54C, 55C, 56C
Forms w.eq.m.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Etymology This species name is the English word mirror, inspired by the remarkable variation displayed in this species. This species might confuse an observer as a magic mirror would, which reflects different views to the observer. The species epithet is a noun and invariant.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toliara, Parc Nat. de Kirindy Mite, 16.3 km. 127° SE Belo sur Mer, -20.79528°, 44.147°, 80 m., 6-10.xii.2001, BLF04760, (Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0429897.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0429893, CASENT0429895, CASENT0429898, CASENT0429899, CASENT0318935 to CASENT0318942.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Mystrium mirror Species Valid Original combination