| Authorship |
Seifert, 2020a:
72, figs. 79, 80
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Palearctic |
| Locality |
MALTA |
| Etymology |
The name refers to island of Malta where it is an endemic species. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malta: 35.93°N, 14.35°E, Ghanjn Tuffieha, 40 m., 3.v.1989 (S.P. Schembri). Primary type depository: SMNG. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Malta: Buskett, 185 m., 30.xi.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), 3 paratype workers Malta: Birkirkara, 35 m., vi.1978, no. 55213 (no collector’s name), 4 paratype workers Malta: Sliema, 15 m., 6.vi.2019 (P. Attewell). Secondary type depository: SMNG. |
