| Authorship |
Salata & Borowiec, 2023:
127, figs. 21-28
|
| Forms |
s.w. |
| Bioregion |
Palearctic |
| Locality |
GREECE (Kos) |
| Etymology |
Named after Kardamena, a woman whose name is the origin of the name of the type locality for Messor kardamenae. Kardamena is now a small town situated mid-way along the south coast of the island of Kos. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Greece: Dodecanese, Kos, Kardamena city, 7m, 36.78363 N / 27.14107 E, 9.vii.2015 (S. Salata), Collection L. Borowiec, Formicidae. Primary type depository: MNHW. Primary type specimen: LBC-GR01961. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 6 paratype major workers, 6 paratype medium workers, 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MNHW. |
