Authorship |
Dhadwal & Bharti, 2024:
20, figs. 1, 2
|
Forms |
w. |
Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
Locality |
INDIA (Sikkim) |
Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar, a distinguished evolutionary biologist based at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. |
Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Sikkim, Namchi, 27.16° N, 88.36°E, 1300 m, 9.xi.2019, hand picking method (no collector’s name, T. Dhadwal?). Primary type depository: PUAC. Primary type specimen: PUAC-T501. |
Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 10 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 7 paratype workers India: Sikkim, Dentam, 27.25° N, 88.13° E, 1500 m, 15.xi.2019, hand picking method (Tarun Dhadwal). Secondary type depository: PUAC. Secondary type specimens: PUAC-T502 to PUAC-T512; PUAC-T515 to PUAC-T522. |