Cardiocondyla elegans var. torretassoi Finzi, 1936: 167 (w.) EGYPT. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2003a: 240). Primary type locality: lectotype Egypt: Wadi Hoff, 8.iii.1933 (Koch). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: Egypt: Tor (Sinai), 25.ii.1935, and Egypt: Wadi Garrawi, 24.iii.1935 (no collectors’ names given but expedition members were A. Schatzmayr, K. Koch, and W. Wittmer.