| Authorship |
Varela-Hernández & Flores-Zapoteco, 2024:
512, figs. 1-3
|
| Forms |
s.w. |
| Locality |
MEXICO (Chiapas, Chiapas amber, Miocene) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet ‘chaan’ derives from the Mayan language which means ‘tiny, small’, alluding to the tiny size of this species. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: México: Chiapas, Simojovel, in amber from Los Pocitos mine; Mazantic shale and Balumtum sandstone strata, early Miocene. Primary type depository: CPAL-UAEM. Primary type specimen: CPAL.469. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype (in the same piece of amber as the holotype). Secondary type depository: CPAL-UAEM. Secondary type specimen: CPAL.470. |
