AntCat
Protonym: Neoponera mashpi
Authorship Troya & Lattke, 2022: 57, figs. 25-27, 28g-i, 29a
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality FRENCH GUIANA
Etymology The name is derived from the Kichwa word ‘mash’ meaning ‘friend’, and ‘pi’, from the ancient Yumbo people, meaning ‘water’. We thus acknowledge the Reserva de Biodiversidad Mashpi, as well as its supporters, in northwestern Ecuador (where one of the paratypes was found), for their efforts in the preservation of one of the last remnants of a highly threatened and diverse tropical Andean forest in the Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion. The species name is a noun in apposition, thus invariable.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: French Guiana: (Sinnamary): Paracou, PS-02-3, (12km East from the village of Sinnamary), 5.2666°N, 52.9166°W, iv.2002 (J. Orivel). Primary type depository: CPDC. Primary type specimen: ATPFOR2054–2.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker Brazil: Amazonas, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, INPA, 2.93333°S, 59.96666°W, 106m, 29.vii.1999 (G. Melo); 1 paratype worker with same data as previous except 2.96304°S, 59.92286°W, 111m, 14.ix.1987, fotoeclector (J. Souza; 1 paratype male Brazil: Bahia, Porto Seguro, 16.44545°S, 39.06579°W, 3m, 23.ix.1997, Malaise (J.R.M. Santos); 2 paratype workers with same data as previous except Refugio da Vida Silvestre do Una, 15.2323°S, 39.1151°W, 70m, 4.x.1999 (J.R.S. Santos); 1 paratype worker Brazil: Pará, Fazenda Vitoria, 2.98345°S, 47.34994°W, 82m, 21.xii.1991 (P. Moutinho); 1 paratype worker with same data as previous except Floresta Nacional Caxiuana, 1.716667°S, 51.45000°W, 32m, 24.iii.1998, Malaise (O. Silveira, J. Pena); 1 paratype worker with same data as previous except 1.73333°S, 51.45000°W, 21m, ix.2012, ex pitfall (D. Cunha et al.); 1 paratype worker Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Tabatinga, 6.06753°S, 35.10311°W, 12m, ix.2005 (J. Martins); 1 paratype worker Brazil: Rondônia, Area Caiçara, 9.433110°S, 64.80237°W, 103m, 4.i.2011, Winkler (R. Silva, R. Probst); 1 paratype worker Colombia: Putumayo, Parque Nacional Natural La Playa, 0.11667°S, 74.93333°W, 320m, 14.v.2001 (R. Cobete); 1 paratype worker Ecuador: Orellana, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, 0.63333°S, 76.15°W, 236m, 11.xii.2011 (S.O. Donnell); 1 paratype worker Ecuador: Pichincha, Reserva de Biodiversidad Mashpi, 50 km NW Quito, 0.1544°N, 78.8905°W, 746m, iv.2017, hand collected (A. Troya); 1 paratype worker French Guiana: Cayenne, Nouragues Natural Reserve, 1km E of Nouragues Station, Grand Plateau, 4.0889°N, 52.6749°W, 120m, 21.viii.2018; 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen French Guiana: Sinnamary, 12km East from the village of Sinnamary, Paracou Station, 5.26667°N, 52.91667°W, 50m, iv.2002 (J. Orivel); 1 paratype queen Peru: Madre de Dios, Sachavacayoc camp, 12.81667°S, 69.36667°W, 229m, 26.vii.2012 (I. Fernandes). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, CPDC, DZUP, IAVH, ICN, INPA, MCZC, MEPN, MHNG, MPEG, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimen: workers: ATPFOR1985, INPAHYM033803, DZUP549512, ATPFOR2029, MPEG03006223, MPEG03020126, ATPFOR2010, AT2206, IAVH–E–49610, DZUP549443, MEPNINV38315, ATPFOR1976, ATPFOR2054–1; queens: ATPFOR2054, INPAHYM033802; male: ATPFOR2077.
Type notes Troya & Lattke, 2022 specify 12 paratype workers and 2 paratype males but go on to list 13 paratype workers and only 1 paratype male.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Neoponera mashpi Species Valid Original combination