Protonym: Discothyrea sexarticulata
Authorship Borgmeier, 1954a: 191, figs. 1-9
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Santa Catarina)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, viii.1952 (F. Plaumann). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: Fritz Plaumann Collection, MZSP. Secondary type specimen: MZSP0089781.
Type notes 1) B. Bolton cites type material as 3 syntype workers, 3 syntype queens, but the description cites 3 workers, 3 females and goes on to mention as types a holotype worker, female allotype, 3 paratypes, 1 female paratype. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite holotype worker, 1 paratype worker, 2 paratype queens in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Discothyrea sexarticulata Species Valid Original combination