| Authorship |
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014:
69, figs. 18B,D,F, 21A, 22A, 50A, 51A, 52A, 53A, 54A, 55A, 56A
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| Forms |
w.eq. |
| Bioregion |
Malagasy |
| Locality |
MADAGASCAR |
| Etymology |
This species name is the Latin word eques, inspired by the distinctly developed clypeus (shield) on the new species. The species epithet is a noun and invariant. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, Tampolo, Masoala Peninsula, 40.4 km. 154° SSE Maroansetra, -15.73°, 49.96°, 30 m., 28.xi.-3.xii.2001, BLF04691, (B.L. Fisher & H.J. Ratsirarson). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0418314. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers, 5 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, MNHU, MSNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0317390 to CASENT0317399, CASENT0317443, CASENT0418311 to CASENT0418318. |
