Protonym: Perissomyrmex snyderi
Authorship Smith, 1947i: 282, figs. 1, 2
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality GUATEMALA
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Thomas E. Snyder, the eminent termite specialist.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Guatemala (no further data); “in the tuberous root of a begonia plant... which originated in Guatemala”, intercepted in quarantine U.S.A.: New Jersey, Hoboken, 13.i.1947 (R.F. Olsen). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Perissomyrmex snyderi Species Valid Original combination