| Authorship |
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014:
80, figs. 5C, 8D, 20A,C,E, 24B, 25A,C, 26A,C, 27B,D, 37E, 38E, 39E, 40E, 41E, 50C, 51C, 52C, 53C, 54C, 55C, 56C
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| Forms |
w.eq.m. |
| Bioregion |
Malagasy |
| Locality |
MADAGASCAR |
| Etymology |
This species name is the English word mirror, inspired by the remarkable variation displayed in this species. This species might confuse an observer as a magic mirror would, which reflects different views to the observer. The species epithet is a noun and invariant. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toliara, Parc Nat. de Kirindy Mite, 16.3 km. 127° SE Belo sur Mer, -20.79528°, 44.147°, 80 m., 6-10.xii.2001, BLF04760, (Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0429897. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0429893, CASENT0429895, CASENT0429898, CASENT0429899, CASENT0318935 to CASENT0318942. |
