Protonym: Dinoponera nicinha
Authorship Dias & Lattke, 2021: 47, figs. 4B, 7A, 24, 29B
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rondônia)
Etymology This species epithet is a matrinym in memory of Nilce de Souza Guimarães, locally known as Nicinha.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Rondônia, Porto Velho, Area Abunã, 9°38’03.3’’S, 65°26’23.9’’W, 17-27.vii.2013 (G.R. Mazão & R.S. Probst). Primary type depository: DZUP. Primary type specimen: DZUP 549810.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 25 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: Brazil: Rondônia, Nova Teotônia, 29.ii.-5.v.2016, (TPI Network Expd.) (no collector’s name). Secondary type depositories: CASC, DZUP, INPA, MCZC, MPEG, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0887848 to CASENT0887857, DZUP 550208 to DZUP 550216, MPEG HHY03034650, MPEG HHY03034651, MPEG HHY03034652, MZSP0065802, MZSP0065803, MZSP0065804.
Type notes Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 3 paratype workers in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Dinoponera nicinha Species Valid Original combination