Protonym: Temnothorax mpala
Authorship Prebus, 2015: 41, figs. 1, 2a, 2c, 3b, 3d, 9-11, 14, 15
Forms w.dq.m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality KENYA
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Kenya: Laikipia Dist., Mpala Research Centre, 0.28°N, 36.87°E, 1700 m., 18.iii.2001, “Black Cotton”, ex. pitfall trap (D. Misurelli). Type-depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: LACMENT323183.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens, 1 paratype male. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 1 paratype male with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Mpala Research Centre, 0,29°N, 36.90°E, 1650 m., 12.iv.2001, #01-225 (R.R. Snelling). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, HLMD, LACM, NHMW.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax mpala Species Valid Original combination