Protonym: Myrmecocystus yuma
Authorship Wheeler, 1912e: 176
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Arizona)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 112). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Yuma, 26.xi.1910 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.
Type notes Original description cites “numerous workers taken from several colonies”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmecocystus yuma Species Valid Original combination