| Authorship |
Johnson, 2021:
195, figs. 3E-F, 10G, 97-99, 100A
|
| Forms |
w.dq.m. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ARGENTINA (Tucumán) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, tafi, is a noun in apposition and invariant in form that is derived from a small, localized group of Indians that lived in the area that is now Tafi de Valle, Tucumán Province, Argentina. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Tucumán, Departamento Tafi de Valle, 2.2 km N El Infiernillo, 26º44.3’S, 65º46.9’W, 9920 feet (3005 m), 18.i.2010, #4331 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0235307. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 110 paratype workers, 2 paratype dealate queens, 14 paratype males Secondary type locality: 35 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen, 12 paratype males with same data as holotype; paratypes with same locality and date as holotype or 26.i.2010: #4330: 1 paratype dealate queen; #4332: 4 paratype workers; #4333: 18 paratype workers; #4334: 21 paratype workers; #4336: 12 paratype workers; #4337: 12 paratype workers; #4358: 8 paratype workers, 2 paratype males. Secondary type depositories: IFML, MACN, LACM, MCZ, RAJC, USNM, UCDC. |
