| Authorship |
Griebenow et al., 2025:
134, figs. 19, 20
|
| Forms |
w.q. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
VIETNAM |
| Etymology |
From the Greek 'phthirus', meaning 'louse', and 'gyna', that is, 'gyne'. This refers to the minute size and dorsoventral compression of the gyne, which along with elongate vestiture on the metasoma grants an ectoparasitic gestalt. Gender of specific epithet is feminine. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong National Park, 20.3496° N, 105.5957° E, 400 m a.s.l., in macrotermitine mound, 8.viii.2022, #4349 (M.G. Branstetter). Primary type depository: IEBR. Primary type specimen: CSUENT6000054. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: IEBR. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0842891, CASENT0842892, CASENT0842890 (q.). |
