| Authorship |
Idogawa & Yamane, 2025:
60, figs. 1, 8A, C, E, 9A, C, 10A, C, E, 11C, 12H
|
| Forms |
w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Palearctic |
| Locality |
JAPAN |
| Etymology |
The species name brachypterum (from Greek “brachys”, meaning “short”, and “pteron”, meaning “wing”) is treated as a Latinized neuter adjective in the nominative singular, referring to the reduced wings of the queen. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Japan: Central Ryukyu Islands, Amami-ôshima, Yuwan, 29.iii.2023 (N. Idogawa). Primary type depository: SKYC. Primary type specimen: KMNHSKYC25-01. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 30 paratype workers, 6 paratype dealate queens, 7 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: KUEC, SKYC. Secondary type specimens: KMNHSKYC25-08–37, KMNHSKYC25-02–07, KMNHSKYC25-37–43. |
