Protonym: Macromischa albispina
| Authorship | Wheeler, 1908a: 139, pl. 11, figs. 3, 4 |
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| Forms | w.q. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | PUERTO RICO |
| Etymology | Morphological, from the Latin ‘albus’ (= white) + ‘spinus’ (= spined), in reference to the lightly colored integument of the propodeal spines. |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 265). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Culebra I., iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: M.C.Z. Type 1-3 21013 (lectotype; specimen furthest from pin). |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type depository: probably AMNH, MCZC, MHNG. |
| Type notes | 1) Original description cites 30 worker, 1 queen syntypes (“a single colony”). 2) Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 414, cites 7 worker syntypes (3 MCZC, 4 MHNG). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Antillaemyrmex albispina | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax albispinus (Wheeler, 1908)
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| Macromischa albispina | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax albispinus (Wheeler, 1908)
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Original combination |
| Temnothorax albispinus | Species | Valid |