Protonym: Messor bucephalus
Authorship Salata et al., 2023: 217, figs. 1-8, 23
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality CYPRUS
Etymology Named after Bucephalus, Alexander the Great’s horse. The horse was described as a creature with a massive head and predominantly black coat – features strongly resembling the morphology of the new species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Cyprus: Paphos Kato, Paphos, littoral 3-7 m., 34.73647, 32.4354, 29.iv.2022 (L. Borowiec). Primary type depository: MNHW.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 23 paratype major workers, 20 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype major worker with same data as holotype, 1 paratype major worker Cyprus: Paphos Dist., Akamas Pen., Avakas Gorge, 114 m., 2.v.2012 (L. Borowiec), 4 paratype major, 3 paratype minor workers with same data as last but 17 m., 1 paratype minor worker with same data as last but 51 m., Aphrodite’s Baths, 7.v.2012, 1 paratype minor worker with same data as last but 10 m., Lara, 18.iv.2022 (L. Borowiec), 1 paratype minor worker with same data as last but (C. Georgiadis), 7 paratype major workers Paphos Dist., 21 m., Cape Drepano, 2.v.2012 (L. Borowiec), 3 paratype major, 6 paratype minor workers Cyprus: Paphos Dist., 7 m., Paphos-Lempa beach area, 1.v.2012 (L. Borowiec), 1 paratype major, 1 paratype minor worker with same data as last but 11 m., 7.v.2012, 4 paratype major, 3 paratype minor workers Paphos Dist., 398 m., Agiou Neofytou mon. n. Tala, 7.v.2012 (L. Borowiec), 1 paratype major worker Cyprus: Limassol, 22 m., Limassol Agios Spiridonas, 13.iv.2022 (C. Georgiadis), 1 paratype major, 4 paratype minor workers Cyprus: Akrotiri UK SBA, 3 m., Akrotiri urban park, 29.iii.2022 (C. Georgiadis). Secondary type depository: MNHW.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Messor bucephalus Species Valid Original combination