| Authorship |
Booher, 2021:
234, fig. 40
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Nearctic |
| Locality |
U.S.A. (Arizona) |
| Etymology |
This species was discovered by Stefan Cover at The Ant Course (organized by Brian Fisher). Both Fisher and Cover expressed their wishes for this species to be named after Ray Mendez. The name was created by adding the singular Latin genitive case suffix -i to the last name of a male person. 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.: Arizona, Cochise County, Chiricahua Mountains at the Jct. of Basin Trail #247 & Forest Service Road, 42, 31°53.94’N 109°14.27°W, 1890 m, 13.viii.2009, collection number 81600 (S.P. Cover). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ-ENT00584721. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC. Secondary type specimen: MCZ-ENT00584719, MCZ-ENT00584720. |
