| Authorship |
Donoso et al., 2006:
53, figs. 3, 4, 11-28
|
| Forms |
w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ECUADOR |
| Etymology |
The Latin word nubecula literally means little cloud and was chosen in reference to the cloud forest where this species was first collected. This is a noun in apposition. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Cotopaxi Prov., Bosque Integral Otonga, 1978 m., 00°25.158’S, 79°0.197’W, 24.vi.2004, under log (D.A. Donoso). Primary type depository: PUCE. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 2 paratype ergatoid queens, 1(?) paratype male. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, MCZC, MZSP, PUCE, UCDC. |
| Type notes |
More paratypes are stored in ethanol in PUCE. |
