| Authorship |
Johnson, 2021:
79, figs. 35, 36A
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ARGENTINA (Jujuy) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, excelsior, (from Latin, excelsus, for lofty, elevated, or high plus –ior, suffix forming adjectives’ comparative degree) for this species occurring in high elevation altiplano habitats. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Jujuy, Departamento Susques, Jct Rutas 52 & 16 (16.7 km W Susques), 23º24.0’S 66º31.2’W, 13,470 feet (4080 m), 1.iv.2015, #5417 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922462. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 90 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 60 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #5418; 21 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #5419. Secondary type depositories: IFML, MACN, LACM, MCZC, RAJC, UCDC, USNM. |
