Protonym: Myrmecocystus melliger var. hortusdeorum
| Authorship | McCook, 1881d: 69, pl. 7, figs. 37-39, 47, 48, 50; pl. 10, figs. 72, 73, 75-81 |
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| Forms | w.q.m. |
| Bioregion | Nearctic |
| Locality | U.S.A. (Colorado) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 122). Primary type locality: neotype Mexico: Chihuahua, 21 mi. SW Jiminez, 23.xii.1958 (A.S. Menke & L.A. Stange). Primary type depository: LACM (neotype). |
| Type notes | 1) Original description data: syntype workers (number not stated), U.S.A.: Colorado, Garden of the Gods, 6181 ft, vii.1879 (H.C. McCook) (no material known to exist). 2) Snelling, 1976: 122, also nominates 31 “neoparatypes”, a category not recognised by ICZN; these specimens, from the same series as the neotype, are deposited in AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmecocystus hortusdeorum | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838
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| Myrmecocystus melliger hortusdeorum | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Myrmecocystus hortusdeorum McCook, 1881
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Original combination |