Protonym: Leptothorax (Leptothorax) lagrecai
Authorship Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 48, figs. 12, 13
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality ITALY (Sicily)
Etymology Baroni Urbani, 1964b dedicated this species to the Italian entomologist Marcello La Greca (1914–2001). (Source: Schifani et al., 2022: 153.)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Italy: Sicily, Bosco S. Pietro (Caltagirone), 15.iv.1962 (Sichel). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Secondary type localities: paratype workers with same data, paratype workers Sicily, Cava Grande, nr Avola (Syracuse), 20.iv.1962 (Sichel), paratype workers Sicily, M. Manfre (Etna, 1450 m.), 10.vii.1961 (Arcidiacono). Secondary type depository: NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax lagrecai Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax lagrecai (Baroni Urbani, 1964)
Original combination
Temnothorax lagrecai Species Valid