| Authorship |
Cole, 1963a:
678, figs. 1-4
|
| Forms |
w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Nearctic |
| Locality |
U.S.A. (Nevada) |
| Etymology |
This species was named after Dr. M.R. Smith, who spent numerous years dedicated to the meticulous study of ants. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 88.) |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Nevada, Mercury, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission test site, 3300 ft, 15.vii.1962, NEV-721 (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Primary type specimen: LACMENT164497. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: >132 paratype workers, >19 paratype queens, >16 paratype males. Secondary type locality: paratypes: with same data as holotype, and with same data as holotype but 15.vii.1962 NEV-722, 17.vii.1962 NEV-739, 4.vii.1962 NEV-741, 20.vi.1962 NEV-744, -745, -757, -758, 23.vi.1962 NEV-759. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, DRIR, FMNH, LACM, MCZC, UATA, USNM. |
| Type notes |
1) Numbers are not stated in original description, merely “a long series”. 2) Numbers of specimens recorded here are from Johnson et al., 2022: 86, but these authors omit several depositories cited in the original description. |
