Protonym: Formica pratensis var. nigricans
Authorship Bondroit, 1912: 352
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality ITALY
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Betrem, 1962a: 38). Primary type locality: lectotype Italy: Apennine Mts, Vallombrosa (no collector’s name; perhaps Emery). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: MHNG ENTO 00085011 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes 1) Other original syntype localities: Maritime Alps (France + Italy), Spain. 2) Betrem, 1962a: 38, says that he only found a single specimen (now the lectotype) in MHNG (no material in MSNG).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica nigricans Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Formica pratensis nigricans Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica nigricans Bondroit, 1912
Original combination