Protonym: Mystrium shadow
Authorship Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014: 88, figs. 19A, 21B, 25B,D, 28D, 30B, 31D, 32A,C, 37G, 38G, 39G, 40G, 41G, 50E, 51E, 52E, 53E, 54E, 55E, 56E
Forms w.eq.m.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Etymology This species name is the English word shadow, inspired by the difficulty of recognizing this new species, which is distributed like Mystrium voeltzkowi but hidden in its shadow. The species epithet is a noun and thus invariant.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Antsiranana, Forêt de Binara, 9.1 km. 233° SW Daraina, -13.26333°, 49.60333°, 650-800 m., 3.xii.2003, BLF09661 (B.L. Fisher et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0318933.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0077646 to CASENT0077648, CASENT0318920, CASENT0318931, CASENT0318932, CASENT0318934.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Mystrium shadow Species Valid Original combination