Protonym: Pogonomyrmex granulatus
Authorship Johnson, 2021: 85, figs. 36C, 38-39
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ARGENTINA (Salta)
Etymology The specific epithet, granulatus (from Latin, granulatus = granular), is an adjective that refers to the strongly granulate interrugae on the cephalic dorsum.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Salta, Departamento Cachi, Valle Encantado, 20.2 km NE Jct Rts 33 & 2, 25º11.3’S, 65º51.2’W, 10,880 feet (3300 m), 20.i.2010, #4340 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0235302.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 70 paratype workers, 11 paratype males. Secondary type locality: 30 paratype workers, 3 paratype males with same data as holotype; 10 paratype workers, 8 paratype males with same data as holotype but #4339; 21 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #4341; 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #4341. Secondary type depositories: IFML, MACN, MCZC, LACM, RAJC, UCDC, USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pogonomyrmex granulatus Species Valid Original combination