| Authorship |
Gómez et al., 2024:
6, figs. 1A, 2A-D
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Afrotropic |
| Locality |
LIBERIA (Nimba) |
| Etymology |
The species name brutus is a Latinized noun, dedicated to the fictional character Brutus, Popeye’s, bigger and fiercer looking nemesis. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Liberia: Nimba, Bt. Zolowee & Gbarpa (Sanniquellie-Mahn), 470 m, 7.45446ºN, 8.6262ºW, 30.x.2022, savannah, hand collected, foraging on ground (J. Tamas). Primary type depository: RBINS. Primary type specimen: KGCOL02854. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AFRC, BMNH, KGAC, MNHNC, RBINS, SCPC. Secondary type specimens: KGCOL02852, KGCOL02853, KGCOL02855 to KGCOL02859. |
| Type notes |
Gómez et al., 2024: 6, cite 6 paratype workers but cite 7 paratype worker specimen codes. The number of paratype specimen codes is used here. |
