Macromischa azteca maya Wheeler, 1937 an obsolete combination of Temnothorax aztecus maya (Wheeler, 1937)
Macromischa azteca var. maya Wheeler, 1937b: 458 (w.q.) GUATEMALA. Neotropic.
Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 368). Type-locality: lectotype Guatemala: Mocá, W slope of Volcán de Atitlán, 3500 ft, 22.iii.1935 (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: M.C.Z. co-type 22801 (lectotype). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 368.) Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 3 paralectotype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: LACM. Paratype-specimen: LACMENT181956. (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 369.) Type notes: Wheeler originally described this taxon from “numerous specimens from four colonies”; Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 427, counted 40 workers, 10 queens in MCZC.
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