Protonym: Temnothorax obtusigaster
Authorship Prebus, 2021b: 49 (in key), 107, figs. 95D, 99
Forms w.dq.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Baja California Sur)
Etymology Morphological, from the Latin ‘obtusus’ (= dull, blurred) + ‘gaster’ (= stomach), in reference to the areolate first gastral tergite and sternite.
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Mexico: Baja California Sur: 0.4 km S Sierra San Francisco, 27.600000 N 113.016667 W, 1100 m, 20.ii.1994, 6 m high 3 cm dead branch Quercus oblongifolia, #BCS 197 (R.A. Johnson). Type-depository: CASC. Type-specimen: CASENT0758654 (bottom specimen on pin).
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker (top specimen on pin) with same data as holotype (on same pin as holotype); 10 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen with same data as holotype. Paratype-depositories and specimens: CASC: CASENT0758654 (worker, top specimen on pin), CASENT0869104 (workers, dealate queen); MCZC: MCZENT00561743 (workers), CASENT0758322 (workers); UCDC: CASENT0104939 (workers).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax obtusigaster Species Valid Original combination