Protonym: Nesomyrmex xerophilus
Authorship Arredondo & Guerrero, 2025: 163, figs. 28, 29
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality COLOMBIA (Cesar, Magdalena)
Etymology The epithet xerophilus is a word composed of the prefix xero- (from ancient Greek ξηρο- meaning dry) and the suffix -philo or -philus (from ancient Greek φίλος meaning attraction towards). The species epithet refers to the dry habitat where these ants live, that is, the tropical dry forest, a life zone highly threatened by the high rate of deforestation in Colombia. It is a noun in apposition and thus invariant.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Magdalena, Santa Marta, Vda. Puerto Mosquito, Reserva la Iguana Verde, 11.176972°N, 74.185167°W, 2.xi.2019, manual capture (M. Escárraga). Primary type depository: CBUMAG. Primary type specimen: CBUMAG: ENT: 12440.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 1 paratype worker Colombia: Cesar, Valledupar, Cgto. Los Corazones, PNR Los Besotes, 10.572165°N, 73.271218°W, 584 m a.s.l., 14-16.ix.2023, Winkler (H. Sierra, L. Ramos, R. Guerrero & S. De La Hoz); 2 paratype workers Colombia: Magdalena, Santa Marta, Reserva Caoba, 11.213139°N, 74.101667°W, 27.xi.2018 (M. Escárraga); 1 paratype worker Colombia: Magdalena, Santa Marta, Cerro Taganga, 11.259111°N, 74.180139°W, 117.3 m a.s.l., 3.iii.2007, pitfall (D. Ramírez & D. Olivero-G); 2 paratype worker Colombia: Magdalena, Santa Marta, Ciénaga, 5 km SE, Río Frío, 10.883306°N, 74.133333W, 100 m a.s.l., 16 ago. 1985 [16.viii.1985?] (P. Ward). Secondary type depositories: CBUMAG, IAVH, ICN, MEFG.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Nesomyrmex xerophilus Species Valid Original combination