Protonym: Temnothorax nikoklesi
Authorship Salata et al., 2024: 23, figs. 16-18, 62
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality CYPRUS
Etymology Named after Nikokles (Greek: Νικοκλῆς), King of Paphos who at the end of the 4th century B.C.E. moved the capital of his state from Palaipaphos to the newly founded Nea Paphos. The locus typicus of Temnothorax nikoklesi is located in recent Kato Paphos, a quarter of Paphos municipality.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Cyprus: Paphos, Kato Paphos, ruins, 34.75368, 32.43391, 34 m, 17.iv.2022 (S. Salata). Primary type depository: MNHW.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype; 6 paratype workers Cyprus: Paphos, Kato Paphos, 34.75368, 32.43391, 32 m, 17.iv.2022 (L. Borowiec); 9 paratype workers Cyprus: Paphos, Lempa-Kisonegra, 34.816, 32.3931, 6 m, 20.iii.2022 (J. Demetriou); 1 paratype worker Cyprus: Paphos, rd F612 loc. 2, 34.74385, 32.6722, 387 m, 28.iv.022 (S. Salata). Secondary type depository: MNHW.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax nikoklesi Species Valid Original combination