Authorship |
Prebus, 2021b:
50 (in key), 113, figs. 95E, 100
|
Forms |
w.dq.m. |
Bioregion |
Nearctic |
Locality |
U.S.A. (Arizona) |
Etymology |
Behavioural, from the Latin ‘quercus’ (= oak tree) + ‘colus’ (= dweller) in reference to the well-established nesting preference of this species. |
Primary type information |
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: U.S.A.: Arizona: Pima County: Baboquivari Mountains, Brown Cañon, 1220 m, 19.ix.1951, in Quercus emoryi, #245 (W.S. Creighton). Type-depository: LACM. Type-specimen: LACMENT323216 (middle specimen on pin). |
Secondary type information |
Paratype-material: 8 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker (top specimen on pin), 1 paratype dealate queen (bottom specimen on pin) with same data as holotype (on same pin as holotype); 7 paratype workers with same data as holotype. Paratype-depositories and specimens: FMNH: FMNHINS0000115817 (workers); LACM: LACMENT323216 (worker, queen), CASENT0172599 (workers). |