Protonym: Myrmica nitidula
Authorship Nylander, 1846b: 1058
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality FINLAND
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki) (F.W. Maeklin). Primary type depository: ZMHF.
Type notes 1) Radchenko, 2007: 32, cites 2 worker syntypes in Nylander’s collection (nos 5072 and 5073). 2) Seifert, 2023c: 133, says “The species has been described in an ergatoid male”, but quotes only the numbers 5072 and 5073.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formicoxenus nitidulus Species Valid
Leptothorax nitidulus Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)
Myrmica nitidula Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)
Original combination