Protonym: Strumigenys lucky
Authorship Booher, 2021: 227, fig. 38
Forms w.dq.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Minnesota)
Etymology Named after midwestern-born myrmecologist Andrea Lucky. The name ‘lucky’ is given as a proper noun in the nominative case used in apposition. The orthography of an eponym is unchangeable and does not depend on the generic name in which the epithet is used.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Minnesota, Houston Co.: Winnebago Creek, 31.v.1941, colony 275 (M.W. Wing). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZCENT00683064 (bottom specimen on pin).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 2 paratype dealate queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type specimens: MCZC-ENT00683064 (top specimen on same pin as holotype), MCZC-ENT00683065, MCZC-ENT00683066 (queen), MCZCENT00683067 (queen).
Type notes Publication incorrectly lists Jerry L. Cook and J. B. Martin as collectors. Actual collector is M. W. Wing, corrected here (D. Booher).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Strumigenys lucky Species Valid Original combination