Protonym: Formica nigerrima
Authorship Nylander, 1856b: 71
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality FRANCE
Primary type information Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Seifert et al., 2017: 126). Primary type locality: neotype France: 43.6843°N, 3.8763°E, Prades-le-Lez – 1.5 SE, 88 m., 30.iv.2012 - K (Kaufmann). Primary type depository: SMNG.
Type notes 1) Original type data: syntype workers (number not stated), France: nr Montpellier (no collector’s name). 2) No type material was found in the Nylander collection by Radchenko, 2007. 3) Seifert et al., 2017: 126, cite another 24 workers, 2 queens, 18 males from the same series as the neotype.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica nigerrima Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
Original combination
Tapinoma nigerrimum Species Valid