Protonym: Pheidole rojasae
Authorship Vázquez-Franco, 2024: 203, figs. 7-9, 10C
Forms s.w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality MEXICO (Puebla)
Etymology The specific epithet is an eponym, derived from a noun in genitive case, honoring Patricia Rojas Fernández, a Mexican myrmecologist specialized in ant ecology, and pioneer in the study of the ecology and biodiversity of Mexican ants.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Puebla, Tetela de Ocampo, Cuapancingo, 19.8505 N, -97.8323 W ± 10m, 1740m, 3.ix.2020, oak pine forest, soil, nest in felled and decomposing pine trunk, aspirator, #170-N (C.M. Vázquez-Franco). Primary type depository: CNIN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0653348.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype major workers, 6 paratype minor workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CCMVF, CNIN, CZUG, IEXA. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0653347, CASENT0653349 to CASENT0653359.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole rojasae Species Valid Original combination