Protonym: Acropyga manuense
Authorship LaPolla & Schneider, 2023: 5, figs. 3-12
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality PERU
Etymology The epithet is a noun in apposition, referring to its type location near Manu National Park, Peru.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Peru: Madre de Dios, Las Cruces, Manu Paradise Lodge, 13.055°S, 71.544°W, 31.v.2019, nest behind lodge, in soil around small rotting branches (J.S. LaPolla and S.A. Schneider). Primary type depository: UNMSM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT01130435.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. Secondary type specimens: workers: USNMENT01130438, USNMENT01130439, USNMENT01130450, USNMENT01130451, USNMENT01130452, USNMENT01130453, USNMENT01130454, USNMENT01130465, USNMENT01130483; queens: USNMENT01130436, USNMENT01130467, USNMENT01130468, USNMENT01130480; males: USNMENT01130437, USNMENT01130466, USNMENT01130481, USNMENT01130482.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acropyga manuense Species Valid Original combination