Protonym: Temnothorax wilsoni
Authorship Prebus, 2021b: 63 (in key), 337, figs. 133O, 149
Forms w.dq.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Etymology Patronym, named in honor of E.O. Wilson, a naturalist and myrmecologist of unmeasurable influence, whose expedition to Hispaniola in 2003 recovered all of the known specimens of Temnothorax wilsoni sp. nov. used in this study.
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Dominican Republic: La Vega, Valle Nuevo Scientific Reserve, 18.77800 N 70.63950 W ± 5 m, 2255 m, 3.xii.2003, pine woodland, nest under rock, #SPCDR-53 (S.P. Cover). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: MCZENT00583608 (top specimen on pin).
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype (on same pin as holotype); 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen with same data as holotype. Paratype-depositories and specimens: MCZC: MCZENT00583608 (worker; bottom specimen on same pin as holotype), MCZENT00583609 (workers), MCZENT00583610 (queen); MNHNSD: CASENT0756092.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax wilsoni Species Valid Original combination