Protonym: Myrmica modesta
| Authorship | Foerster, 1850a: 49 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Palearctic |
| Locality | GERMANY |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Germany: Lousberg, nr Aachen, iv., under stones (A. Foerster). Primary type depository: unknown. |
| Type notes | According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78, Foerster’s formicid types are in MNHU, but Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 271, state that “According to our own search in German collections type material of Förster is completely destroyed”. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmica modesta | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetramorium modesta (Foerster, 1850)
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Original combination |
| Tetramorium modesta | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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