| Authorship |
Cover & Rabeling, 2024:
115, fig. 1
|
| Forms |
dq.m. |
| Bioregion |
Nearctic |
| Locality |
U.S.A. (Utah) |
| Etymology |
When first seen in the field, the collector’s initial impression was of a Tapinoma sessile colony infested by tiny diapriid wasps of some kind. A second look made it clear they were, in fact, tiny inquilinous ants. Hence, the species name is the nominative neuter of the Latin adjective incognitus, meaning unknown, unrecognized, in disguise. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype dealate queen. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Utah, Sevier County, Alumbed Hollow, 8.4 miles west of I-70 (Exit 71) on Salina County Frontage Rd., a dirt road paralleling I-70, 38.910°N, 111.697°W, 1823 m, 16.vii.2008 (Stefan P. Cover), SPC 7749. Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZENT 00806456. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 67 paratype queens, 25 paratype males. Secondary type locality: 13 paratype queens, 18 paratype males with same data as holotype; 35 paratype queens, 3 paratype males with same data as holotype but 19.vii.2009, SPC 8077; 19 paratype queens, 4 paratype males with same data as holotype but 19.vii.2013, SPC 8656. Secondary type depositories: CASC, CRC, LACM, MCZC, UCDC. |
