| Authorship |
Johnson, 2025:
226, figs. 1-8
|
| Forms |
w.eq.intercaste.m. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ARGENTINA (Mendoza) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, eremicus (from Latin, eremic = of the desert, lonely), is a geographical adjective derived from this species being endemic to the Uspallata-Calingasta Valley, which is an isolated mid elevation valley in the Monte Desert that lies between the Precordillera on the east and the Andean Cordillera on the west. This valley also has been referred to as the Eremean District, Argentina. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Argentina: Mendoza, Departamento Las Heras, Ruta 39 at 4.1 km S boundary of Parque Nacional El Leoncito, 32º06.7’S, 69º21.8’W, 7250 feet (2195 m), 31.xii.2005 (R.A. Johnson #3727). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0235268. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 62 paratype workers, 11 paratype intercastes, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: 30 paratype workers, 6 paratype intercastes with same data as holotype; 32 paratype workers, 5 paratype intercastes with same data as holotype but RAJ#3728; 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as holotype but 8.ii.2010, RAJ#4419. Secondary type depositories: CASC, MACN, RAJC, UCDC, USNM. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0249055 (eq.). |
