Protonym: Temnothorax phaetoni
Authorship Salata et al., 2023: 62, figs. 11-13
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality GREECE
Etymology Named after Phaethon (Ancient Greek: Φαέθων), the mythological son of Helios and Oceanid nymph Clymene, whose name can be translated as “the shining/radiant (one)” and this refers to the bright and shining body of the new species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Greece: South Aegean, Naxos, vic. Zeus Cave, 37.0341 N, 25.4991 E, 650 m, 1.vii.2016 (S. Salata). Primary type depository: MNHW. Primary type specimen: LBC-GR02241.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype; 8 paratype workers Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Moni, 37.0814 N, 25.4932 E, 20 m, 4.vii.2016 (S. Salata); 1 paratype worker Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Zeus Cave, 37.0345 N, 25.4993 E, 620 m, 28.v.2022 (S. Salata); 1 paratype worker Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Zas loc 1., 37.0394 N, | 25.5105 E, 580 m, 28.v.2022 (S. Salata); 2 paratype workers Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Oros Fanari loc 1., 37.0896 N, 25.5112 E, 560 m, 29.v.2022 (S. Salata); 3 paratype workers Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Lionas, 37.1370 N, 25.5855 E, 20 m, 4.vii.2016 (S. Salata); 4 paratype workers Greece: Cyclades, Naxos, Aliki, 36.9799 N, 25.3880 E, 15 m, 4.vii.2016 (S. Salata). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MNHW. Secondary type specimens: LBC-GR02241, CYC079, CYC082 (MNHW-GR03160), CYC086 (MNHW-GR03168), LBC-GR02631, LBC-GR02243.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax phaetoni Species Valid Original combination