Protonym: Macromischa melanocephala
Authorship Wheeler, 1931b: 15
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality CUBA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 211). Primary type locality: lectotype Cuba: Ensenada de Cochinos, Hacienda Jiqui, 5.x.1929, in mahogony twig, M.C.Z. Cotype 16365, #C250 (J.G. Myers). Type-depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZENT00577110 (lectotype; middle specimen on pin). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 211; B. Bolton.)
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 35 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype dealate queens. Secondary type locality: 2 paralectotype workers (top and bottom specimens on pin) with same data as lectotype (on same pin as lectotype); 18 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype dealate queens with same data as lectotype. Secondary type depositories and specimens: ACHC; AMNH; MCZC: MCZENT00577110 (top and bottom specimens on same pin as lectotype), MCZENT00577111 (workers), MCZENT00577112 (workers), MCZENT00577113 (queens), MCZENT00577114 (workers), MCZENT00016365 (workers); MNHN: CASENT0915381 (worker); USNM: CASENT0758264 (workers), CASENT0758265 (workers) (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 211; B. Bolton.); MZSP: MZSP0089467.
Type notes Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 468, also records syntypes in ACHC, AMNH, omitted from Prebus, 2021b: 211, which are also paralectotypes. Furthermore, Prebus, 2021b records only 20 paralectotype workers, whereas Baroni Urbani, 1978b records 36 syntype workers (35 of which are now paralectotypes).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Macromischa melanocephala Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax melanocephala (Wheeler, 1931)
Original combination
Temnothorax melanocephala Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Temnothorax nigricans (Baroni Urbani, 1978)