Protonym: Bothriomyrmex meridionalis var. communista
Authorship Santschi, 1919i: 206, pl. 2, fig. 2
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality RUSSIA (Crimea)
Etymology The species name communista is a first declension noun of masculine gender.
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2012b: 98). Primary type locality: lectotype Russia: Crimea (W. Karawayew). Primary type depository: NHMB (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: NHMB, NMAS, SIZK.
Type notes 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, and Shattuck, 1994: 32, cite 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Martynov & Radchenko, 2016: 247, cite 5 worker paralectotypes in NMAS (plus 46 workers, 5 larvae in alcohol). 3) Radchenko et al., 2024: 281, cite 6 worker paralectotypes in SIZK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Bothriomyrmex communista Species Valid
Bothriomyrmex meridionalis communista Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
Original combination