Protonym: Pogonomyrmex forelii
Authorship Johnson, 2021: 82, figs. 36B, 37
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ARGENTINA (Chubut)
Etymology This species is named to honor Auguste Forel, who described nine South American species/subspecies of Pogonomyrmex.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Chubut, Departamento Mártires, Rt 25 at 11.4 km E Las Plumas, 43º39.3’S, 67º14.4’W, 1280 feet (390 m), 21.ii.2014, #5223 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922168.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 48 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: IFML, MACN, MCZC, LACM, RAJC, UCDC, USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pogonomyrmex forelii Species Valid Original combination