Protonym: Epimyrma algeriana
Authorship Cagniant, 1968c: 157, figs. 1-4
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality ALGERIA
Primary type information Type-material: 42 syntype workers, 17 syntype queens, 9 syntype males. Type-localities: 25 workers, 9 queens, 7 males Algeria: Atlas de Bleda, road to Station de Chréa, 1200 m. (no collector’s name; presumably H. Cagniant), 17 workers, 6 queens, 2 males Algeria: Cédraie de Tenietel-Haad, 1200 m. (Ouarsensis) (no collector’s name), 1 queen Algeria: Atlas de Bleda (no further data), 1 queen Algeria: Djebel Chelia (Aurès) (no further data). Type-depository: none stated in the publication, 2 are deposited in HCPC, the others NHMB.
Type notes Confusingly, 25 workers, 9 queens and 7 males are referred to as syntypes, while 17 workers, 8 queens and 2 males are referred to as paratypes; but no holotype is designated. All specimens are regarded as syntypes here.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Epimyrma algeriana Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax algerianus (Cagniant, 1968)
Original combination
Temnothorax algerianus Species Valid