Protonym: Hylomyrma mariae
| Authorship | Ulysséa, 2021: 75, figs. 50, 88 |
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| Forms | w.q. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | COLOMBIA |
| Etymology | The epithet mariae is a Latin noun in the genitive case created by adding the singular Latin genitive case suffix -e to the first name of a female person. The specific epithet is named after Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva (1956–2011), a Brazilian conservationist and environmentalist who campaigned against logging in the Amazon rainforest. |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: [Magdalena], Cincinnati, Feby 1924, (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: USNM. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 1 paratype worker San Pedro de La Sierra - Pico Yerbabuena, 2200m, berlesate rot. wood & humus, 18.ii.77, vial 13 (C. Kugler); 1 paratype queen with same data as previous except 1730m, berlesate humus & lf. Litter, 18.ii.77. Secondary type depositories: CASC, DZUP, IHVL, MCZC, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimens: MZSP67393, MZHY205. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Hylomyrma mariae | Species | Valid | Original combination |