Protonym: Temnothorax marae
Authorship Alicata et al., 2022: 157, figs. 34-45, 81
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality ITALY (Sicily)
Etymology The species is dedicated to Mara La Rocca, wife of Antonio Alicata.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Italy: Sicily, Vendicari, 36.7814° N, 15.0894° E, 21.ix.2019 (A. Alicata). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens (1 damaged), 3 paratype males. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype; 2 paratype males Isola di Capo Passero, 36.6872° N, 15.1493° E, 10.vii.1997 (A. Alicata); 6 paratype workers Pineta di Vittoria, 36.8879° N, 14.4828° E, 30.iii.2001 (A. Alicata, A. Adorno); 1 paratype queen (damaged) Pineta di Vittoria, 36.8927° N, 14.4745° N, 25.iii.2019 (A. Alicata, E. Schifani); 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male Bosco di S. Pietro, 2.vi.2019 (A. Alicata, S. Csősz). Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Temnothorax marae Species Valid Original combination