| Authorship |
Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022:
127, figs. 15A, 16B, 20A, 66
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Malagasy |
| Locality |
MADAGASCAR |
| Etymology |
The species name mahafaly is a singular non-Latin noun used in apposition and refers to the Mahafaly region in the southwest of Madagascar. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Province Toliara, Androy Region, District of Tsihombe, 74 km S of Tsihombe, Reserve Speciale Cap Ste Marie, -25.58767, 45.163, 36 m, spiny bush, Malaise trap, 30.iv-11..v.2003 (Rin’ha, Mike). Primary type depository: CAS. Primary type specimen: CASENT0115206. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype except with collection codes MG-23-34 and MG-23-33, respectively. Secondary type depository: CAS. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0115287, CASENT0115718. |
