AntCat
Protonym: Leptogenys pujoli
Authorship Cavalcanti & Lattke, 2024: 4, figs. 2, 4C,D, 5
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality FRENCH GUIANA, BRAZIL (Pará)
Etymology This species is named in honor of Professor José Roberto Pujol-Luz, a dipteran taxonomist at the Universidade de Brasília (UnB). His support enabled the first author to steer his interests to the study of ant taxonomy.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Petit Sault, 5°03’49.4”N, 53°03’00.4”W, 8.vii.1998 (A. Dejean). Primary type depository: DZUP. Primary type specimen: DZUP549564.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 1 paratype worker Brazil: Pará, Melgaço, Caxiuanã, ECPn, IV, Transect 2-300, pitfall 7, Mó, 1º42’23,81”S, 51º27’32,72”W, 6-8.ii.2003 (A.Y. Harada, E.P. Fagundes, R. Calisto, R. Calisto & Calafate); 1 paratype worker with same data as previous but Transect 2-100, pitfall 8, 30.x.2003 (A.Y. Harada, E.P. Fagundes, C.J.M. Ribeiro, C.E.D. Sanhudo, C.A.R. Moura & J.L.P. Souza); 1 paratype worker Paragominas, 2°59’51”S, 47°21’13”W, 85 m, i-vii.2011 (R. Solar). Secondary type depositories: CELC, DZUP, MPEG. Secondary type specimens: DZUP549683, DZUP549655, MPEG030445669, MPEG030445671, UFV-LABECOL-001240.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
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