| Authorship |
MacKay, 2025:
95, figs. 41, 48, 59-61, map 5, pls. 10-12
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| Forms |
s.w.q. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro) |
| Etymology |
From Greek, cteno, for comb or combed and pilosus, Latin for hairy, referring to the combed pattern of appressed hairs on the dorsum of the gaster, well defined on the female and major (less so on the minor). |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: [Rio Grande do Sul], Taquara, 15-i-31. Primary type depository: MZSP. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype minor workers, 1 paratype major worker, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype minor workers, 2 paratype queens with same data as holotype; 1 paratype major worker, 1 paratype queen Brazil: [Rio de Janeiro], Petrópolis, RJ, I-1928 (A. Wiltuschnig). Secondary type depositories: CWEM, ICN, MCZC, MZSP |
| Type notes |
MacKay, 2025: 101, cites holotype locality as Taquara, Paraná, presumably indicating Paraná as the state. However, Taquara is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul state. |
