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; probably 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 depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
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); other specimens, should they ever be found, will be paralectotypes.
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