Protonym: Basiceros browni
Authorship Probst & Brandão, 2022: 13, figs. 2C, 3, 4, 30
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ECUADOR
Etymology Named after Dr. William (Bill) Brown Jr., reference for the taxonomy of “basicerotine” ants.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Los Ríos (spelled as “Pichincha”): 47km N from Quevedo, Rio Palenque Research Station, 29.vii.1978, N. GJU # 0860 (G.J. Umphrey). Primary type depository: MCZ.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype except 30.vii.1978; 1 paratype worker Pichincha: Otongachi, 0°18’49” S 78°57’15” W, 850m, 4.ix.2009, KT-1419/LL8-W15 (G. Ramón). Secondary type depositories: GUPC, MCZ, MZSP, NHM. Secondary type specimen: NHM1014338 (CASENT0900941).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Basiceros browni Species Valid Original combination