Protonym: Nylanderia maximon
Authorship Williams et al., 2025: 18, figs. 8, 12-14, 17, 18
Forms w.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality GUATEMALA, HONDURAS
Etymology The species epithet is a cultural honorific to the Mayan deity and folk saint Maximón, venerated by some people of the Guatemalan highlands.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Guatemala: Sacatepéquez, 5 km SE Antigua, 14.53516386, -90.69390509, ±50 m, elev. 2150 m, secondary hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter (miniWinkler), 10.vi.2009 (J. T. Longino et al. LLAMA#Wa-B-08-1-42). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT01131014.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 3 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype; 3 paratype workers Guatemala: Sacatepéquez, 5 km SE Antigua, 14.53563857, -90.69427782, ±50 m, elev. 2150 m, secondary hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter (miniWinkler), 10.vi.2009 (J. T. Longino et al. LLAMA#Wa-B-08-1-28); 3 paratype males Honduras: Ocotepeque, 13 km E Nueva Ocotepeque, 14.45821, -89.06768, ±10 m, elev. 2190 m, cloud forest, Malaise trap, 26.v.2010 (J. T. Longino et al. LLAMA#Ma-C-05-2-02). Secondary type depositories: MNCR, USNM. Secondary type specimens: USNMENT01131015, USNMENT01131280, USNMENT01131281, USNMENT01131282, USNMENT01131291, USNMENT01131292, USNMENT01131293.
Type notes Williams et al., 2025: 18, give one of the paratype specimen codes as USNM01131292. This should presumably be USNMENT01131292, and is entered as such here.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Nylanderia maximon Species Valid Original combination