Protonym: Hylomyrma wachiperi
Authorship Ulysséa, 2021: 126, figs. 79, 86
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality PERU
Etymology The epithet wachiperi is a non-Latin noun used in apposition and refers to the local ethnic group. The distribution of this species is restricted to Kcosñipata, Peru and the native ethnic group of this region identify itself as “wachiperi”.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Peru: Cusco: Kcosñipata District, Estac. Climatologica Ordinaria Rocotal, 1828m, 71°34.059′W, 13°6.735′S, 25.ix.2004, litter sample, nr. river, =JSC040925-04, JSC040925-01-LS04 (T.R. Schultz, J. Sosa-Calvo, C.J. Marshall). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00534691.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers, 3 paratype intercastes. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-05, JSC040925-01-LS05; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-03, JSC040925-01-LS03; 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-16, JSC040925-01-LS16; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-14, JSC040925-01-LS14; 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-13, JSC040925-01-LS13; 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype intercaste with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-11, JSC040925-01-LS11; 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-12, JSC040925-01-LS12; 2 paratype intercastes with same data as holotype except =JSC040925-02, JSC040925-01-LS02. Secondary type depositories: CASC, DZUP, IHVL, MCZC, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimens: USNMENT00534669, USNMENT00534671, USNMENT00534699, USNMENT00534693, USNMENT00534702, USNMENT00534742, USNMENT00534748, USNMENT00534750, USNMENT00534751, USNMENT00534760, USNMENT00534648 (MZSP67467), USNMENT00534653 (MZSP67468), USNMENT00534729 (MZSP67465), USNMENT00534730 (MZSP67466), USNMENT00534736 (MZHY206).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Hylomyrma wachiperi Species Valid Original combination