| Authorship |
Johnson, 2021:
143, figs. 68B, 69-71
|
| Forms |
w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ARGENTINA (Mendoza) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, propinqua (from Latin, propinquus = near, neighboring, close), is derived from this species having morphology and coloration that is very similar to that of Pogonomyrmex carbonarius. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Mendoza, Departamento Santa Rosa, Rt 7 at 13.9 km E La Dormida, 33o23.8’S 67o46.8’W, 1760’ (535 m), 11.iv.2015, #5463 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922160. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 81 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: IFML, LACM, MACN, MCZ, RAJC, UCDC, USNM. |
