Protonym: Pogonomyrmex colca
Authorship Johnson, 2021: 74, figs. 7A, 32B, 33
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality PERU (Caylloma)
Etymology The specific epithet, colca, is derived from the type workers being collected adjacent to Colca Canyon in Peru, which is the second deepest canyon in the world.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Peru: Caylloma Province, Yanque, 15o38.9’S 71o39.6’W, 3425 m, 2.iv.2015, #4524 (M. Prebus). Primary type depository: MUSM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0923342.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MMPC, MUSM, RAJC, USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pogonomyrmex colca Species Valid Original combination