Protonym: Aphaenogaster juliana
Authorship Pergande, 1894: 164
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality MEXICO (Baja California Sur)
Etymology Pergande did not indicate the derivation of the specific epithet, julianus, but it seems likely that it referred to the type locality “San Julio”, given that Julian is Julio. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 42.)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson et al., 2022: 40). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Lower California (=Baja California Sur, San Julio, no date, #4479 (G. Eisen). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASTYPE00619 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 42.)
Type notes 1) Original description cites 7 syntype workers. 2) Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 370, refer to “types taken by Pergande”, but in the introduction to Pergande, 1894: 161, Gustav Eisen is named as the collector.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster juliana Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Veromessor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
Original combination
Messor julianus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Veromessor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
Veromessor julianus Species Valid