Protonym: Aphaenogaster asterioni
Authorship Borowiec et al., 2024: 241, figs. 1-4
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality GREECE
Etymology Named after Asterion, the birth name of a mythological creature later known as Minotaur.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Greece: Crete, Rethymno, Orthes Gorge, 318 m, 35,3336 N / 24,6848 E, 28.iv.2014 (S. Salata). Primary type depository: MNHW. Primary type specimen: LBC-GR01422.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 35 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype (same colony). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MNHW, NHMC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster asterioni Species Valid Original combination