| Authorship |
Williams, 2022:
4, figs. 1-3
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Palearctic |
| Locality |
NEPAL |
| Etymology |
The species epithet refers to Guru Rinpoche (‘Precious Guru’) and is an honorific to the legendary figure Padmasambhava, a tantric Buddhist Vajra master who is known and revered throughout Nepal. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nepal: Gandaki Province, Mustang District, 20 km SSW Jomsom, 28.6167 N, 83.6333 E, 2300 m, 4.xii.1988, #9645 (Phil S. Ward). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZENT00532864. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. |
