| Authorship |
Johnson, 2021:
45, figs. 2C-D, 14C, 18-20
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| Forms |
w.aq.m. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
CHILE |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet, atacama, is a noun in apposition and invariant in form that is derived from a group of Native Americans that lived in northeastern Chile. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Chile: Antofagasta, El Loa Province: Rt 23 at 35.9 km NE Socaire, 23o50.0’S 67o51.9’W, 12,720’ (3855 m), 23.iii.2017, #5837 (R.A. Johnson). Primary type depository: MNNC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922565. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 161 paratype workers, 4 paratype alate queens. Secondary type locality: 93 paratype workers, 4 paratype alate queens with same data as holotype; 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #5838; 30 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #5839; 29 paratype workers with same data as holotype but #5840. Secondary type depositories: IFML, LACM, MACN, MCZC, MNNC, RAJC, UCDC, USNM. |
