Protonym: Pachycondyla beneditoi
Authorship Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 13, figs. 13-16
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Goiás, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Pará)
Etymology Named as a homage to Benedito Cortes Lopes, a myrmecologist and professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, fondly regarded as a good friend and researcher role model by the first author of this work.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Goiás, São Domingos, Lapa da terra ronca, vii.1985 (F. Cheimowiez). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP67239.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: paratype worker Brazil: Minas Gerais, Pudente Morais, Caverna CSM01, 19°27’18.24”S 44°8’0.60”W, 6.iii.2019 (R.A. Zampaulo & A.S. Reis); paratype queen Brazil: Bahia, Itabuna, 30.xii.2008 (J.R. Delabie); paratype queen Brazil: Pará, Novo Progresso, Fazenda Florentino, 07°07’45.71”S 55°23’21.12”W, 12.xii.2010-8.ii.2011 (D. Krinski). Secondary type depository: DZUP. Secondary type specimens: DZUP591933 (worker), DZUP591641, DZUP591640.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pachycondyla beneditoi Species Valid Original combination