| Authorship |
Prebus, 2021b:
63 (in key), 280, figs. 133D, 138
|
| Forms |
w.dq. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Etymology |
From the headgear used by British troops during the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean war, in reference to the distinctive coloration of the cephalic integument. |
| Primary type information |
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Dominican Republic: Pedernales, Jaragua National Park, 18.02571 N 71.64732 W ± 5 m, 92 m, 1.iv.2012, dry forest, downed wood, #DL03474 (D. Lubertazzi). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: CASENT0758262. |
| Secondary type information |
Paratype-material: 13 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, except dry forest, in soil under downed wood, #DL03476: 001; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, except dry forest, under dead agave, #DL03477: 001; 2 paratype workers with same data as previous, except #DL03477: 002; 2 paratype workers with same data as previous, except #DL03477: 003; 1 paratype dealate queen with same data as previous, except #DL03477: 004. Paratype-depositories and specimens: CASC: CASENT4010177 (worker); LACM: CASENT4010179 (worker); MCZC: MCZENT00510544 (worker), MCZENT00510545 (worker), MCZENT00510546 (queen); MNHNSD: CASENT4010180 (worker); UCDC: CASENT0756153 (worker); USNM: CASENT4010178 (worker). |
