Protonym: Cardiocondyla elegans var. torretassoi
Authorship Finzi, 1936: 167
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality EGYPT
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cardiocondyla elegans torretassoi Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cardiocondyla torretassoi Finzi, 1936
Original combination
Cardiocondyla torretassoi Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905