| Authorship |
Prebus, 2021b:
63 (in key), 300, figs. 133G, 141
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Etymology |
Morphological, from obsolete French: Harlequin, a pantomime fool with brightly colored clothing. The specific epithet refers to the similarity in color pattern to the sympatric ant species Pheidole harlequina. |
| Primary type information |
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Dominican Republic: La Altagracia, Parque Nacional del Este, Caseta de Guaraguao, 18.32715 N 68.80733 W, 10 m, 30.iii.2004, evergreen coastal forest 5-10 m tall on coralline rock, relatively undisturbed native vegetation, nest fragment in dead, dry stick 2 cm in diameter on litter surface in shade; dense, shady tree clump to 6 m tall, #SPC DR-151 (S.P. Cover). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: CASENT0756091. |
| Secondary type information |
Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers. Paratype-localities: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 7 paratype workers with same data as holotype, except #SPC DR-152. Paratype-depositories and specimens: CASC: CASENT0758824; MCZC: MCZENT00531354, MCZENT00531355, CASENT0756156, CASENT0758822, CASENT0758823; LACM: CASENT0758827; MNHNSD: CASENT0758826; UCDC: CASENT0758709; USNM: CASENT0758825. |
