| Authorship |
Prebus, 2021b:
34 (in key), 200, fig. 120
|
| Forms |
w.dq. |
| Bioregion |
Nearctic |
| Locality |
U.S.A. (Texas) |
| Etymology |
Greek, ‘misos’ (= hatred) and ‘moschus’ (= musk). On 30 March 2021 a prototype rocket launched by SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transportation service founded by Elon Musk, exploded over the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses the type locality of Temnothorax misomoschus. The explosion resulted in a rain of debris on the wildlife refuge, which is critical habitat for ocelots, migratory bird species, as well as the only known population of the Boca Chica flea beetle, Chaetocnema rileyi. |
| Primary type information |
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: U.S.A.: Texas, Cameron County: 16 km W Boca Chica, 11.i.1968, #1968-8 (R.R. Snelling). Type-depository: LACM. Type-specimen: LACMENT323430 (top specimen on pin). |
| Secondary type information |
Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-locality: 2 paratype workers (middle and bottom specimens on pin) with same data as holotype (on same pin as holotype); 1 paratype dealate queen, 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype. Paratype-depository: LACM. Paratype-specimens: LACMENT323430 (workers; same pin as holotype), LACMENT323429 (queen, worker). |
