Macromischa azteca maya Wheeler, 1937 an obsolete combination of Temnothorax aztecus maya (Wheeler, 1937)
Macromischa azteca var. maya Wheeler, 1937b: 458 (w.q.) GUATEMALA. Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 368). Primary type locality: lectotype Guatemala: Mocá, W slope of Volcán de Atitlán, 3500 ft, 22.iii.1935 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: M.C.Z. co-type 22801 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: LACM. Secondary type specimen: LACMENT181956. Type notes: 1) Wheeler, 1937b originally described this taxon from “numerous specimens from four colonies”. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 427, cites 40 worker, 10 queen syntypes in MCZC.
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