Protonym: Nesomyrmex konina
Authorship Arredondo & Guerrero, 2025: 153, figs. 23, 29
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COLOMBIA (Arauca, Cundinamarca)
Etymology The word konina means smooth and shiny in the Sikuani aboriginal language, the language of the indigenous population that has shared the habitat where this species lives. The word is used to refer to the smooth and shiny sculpture of the cephalic dorsum of the ants of this species. This is a name in apposition and thus invariable.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Arauca, Tame, Parcela del Humboldt, 6.359289°N, 71.894258°W; 675 m a.s.l.; 19.iii.2024–21.iii. 2024, Winkler (H. Sierra & S. de La Hoz). Primary type depository: CBUMAG. Primary type specimen: CBUMAG: ENT: 35951.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, ! paratype worker Colombia: Cundinamarca, Medina, Vda. Periquito; 4.512722°N, 73.426833°W; 1043 m a.s.l.; 07–21.ii.2019 (no collector’s name). Secondary type depositories: CBUMAG, MPUJ. Secondary type specimens: CBUMAG: ENT: 40035, CBUMAG: ENT: 40036, CBUMAG: ENT: 41654, MPUJ_ENT0064660.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Nesomyrmex konina Species Valid Original combination