Protonym: Leptothorax (Myrafant) niger subsp. splendidiceps
Authorship Baroni Urbani, 1968e: 458, figs. 33-36
Forms w.q.l.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality MALTA (Gozo I., Malta I.)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 4 syntype queens. Primary type localities: Malta: Malta I., Ghani Rihana, 20.iv.1965 (no collector’s name, perhaps C. Baroni Urbani?), Malta I., Ghar Lapsi, 19.iv.2965, Malta I., Baia Paradiso, 26.iv.1965, Malta I., Baia di Mellieha, 20.iv.1965, Malta: Gozo I., San Lawrenz, 23.iv.1965, Gozo I., Mgarr, 23.iv.1965, Gozo I., Qbajjar (Marsalforn), 17.iv.1965, Gozo I., Xlendi, 25.iv.1965, Gozo I., Victoria, 25.iv.1965. Primary type depository: NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax niger splendidiceps Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax splendidiceps (Baroni Urbani, 1968)
Original combination
Temnothorax splendidiceps Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Temnothorax laestrygon (Santschi, 1931)