Protonym: Temnothorax magnabulla
Authorship Prebus, 2021b: 60 (in key), 313, figs. 133J, 144
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality VIRGIN IS (St Croix)
Etymology Morphological, from the Latin ‘magna’ (= large) + bulla (= bubble-like cavity), in reference to the enlarged metapleural gland bulla.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Croix I., Knight, Routes 60 & 82, 17.7551 N 64.5937 W, 31.x.2005, #160 (J.K. Wetterer). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0756093.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories and specimens: LACM: LACMENT323205; UCDC: CASENT0758673.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax magnabulla Species Valid Original combination