Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Steiner et al., 2018: 398). Primary type locality: lectotype Spain: Cataluña, Gavá, vii.1894 (
A. Cabrera). Primary type depository:
MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
MSNG.
Type notes:
1) Taxon based on
Messor sordidus Forel, 1892g,
sensu Bondroit, 1918: 152, misidentification. 2) Lectotype and paralectotype are on the same pin.