Protonym: Cephalotes mariadeandrade
Authorship Oliveira et al., 2021: 37, figs. 42a-c, 43a-c, 44a-c, 45a-c, 48
Forms w.s.q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Minas Gerais)
Etymology The specific epithet, in apposition, is in honor of Maria de Andrade, a Brazilian taxonomist, who dedicated years of work conducting the most comprehensive study of the genus Cephalotes to date.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: MG, Uberlândia, -19.033630 -48.318400, 860m, 3.viii.2016, C16-64 (S. Powell et al.). Primary type depository: DZUP. Primary type specimen: DZUP 550137.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers, 9 paratype soldiers, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: DZUP, MPEG, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimens: DZUP 550138, DZUP 550139, DZUP 550140, DZUP 550141, DZUP 550142, DZUP 550143, DZUP 550144, DZUP 550145, DZUP 550146, DZUP 550147.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cephalotes mariadeandrade Species Valid Original combination