| Authorship |
Johnson, 2021:
132, figs. 61C, 63-64
|
| Forms |
w.aq. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
CHILE |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, pichachen, is derived from the type locality, Paso Pichachén, which is at the border of Chile and Argentina. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Chile: Bíobío Province, Bíobío, Rt Q-45 at Paso Pichachén, 37º27.2’S 71º07.4’W, 6750’ (2045 m), 22.ii.2014, #5244 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MNNC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922166. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 99 paratype workers, 6 paratype alate queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: IFML, LACM, MACN, MNNC, MCZC, RAJC, UCDC, USNM. |
