Leptothorax (Leptothorax) tuberum F. var. nigricephala Karawajew, 1930: 146

Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew’s ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 244-254 : 248

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scientific name	Leptothorax (Leptothorax) tuberum F. var. nigricephala Karawajew, 1930: 146
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Leptothorax (Leptothorax) tuberum F. var. nigricephala Karawajew, 1930: 146 , w, q (also described as a new taxon: Karawajew, 1931: 212).

Current status: junior synonym of Temnothorax tuberum Fabricius, 1775 , w, Sweden. Synonymy: Radchenko, 1995: 14 (as synonym of Leptothorax tuberum View in CoL ; see also Bolton, 2003).

Type locality(-ies): “Gotland (44 Fundorte, 47 Proben): 2, 3, 11, 12, 31, 32, 38, 39, 41, 43, 68, 72, 75, 79, 79*, 80, 81, 91, 103, 107, 108, 111, 192, 193, 194, 206, 207, 217, 218, 220, 221, 221*, 225, 226, 228, 229.

Oeland: (19 Fundorte, 21 Proben): 2,b, 3, 9, 12,c, 15,c, 15,e, 18,a, 18,f, 22, 27,e, 35,d, 35,h, 36,a, 36,c, 41,b, 42,b, 51,c, 52,b, 55, 57,a, 69,c, 80,c” (for details of these localities see Karawajew, 1930, pp. 110–144).

Original Karawajew label(-s): “ Leptothorax (Leptothorax) / tuberum F. v. nigricephala Kar. / typus. Gotland, H. Lohmander / leg. Karavaiev dt.”; “ Leptothorax (Leptothorax) / tuberum F. v. nigricephala / Kar. typus. Oeland, Loh- / mader leg. Karavaiew det.”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 12 w, 2 q, 1 m (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 1078 w, 61 q, 40 m, 12 pupae (in alcohol, IN 314/ BAMS 1/Karaw62, 64).

Notes. Karawajew (1930, 1931) had investigated abundant material from Sweden (including Islandes Gotland and Öland) collected by H. Lohmander. He had recorded for these territories only three species from the former genus Leptothorax : L. acervorum (F.), L. muscorum (Nyl.) , and L. tuberum nigricephala (for the details of the taxonomic history of this genus see Bolton 2003). Thus, any material of var. nigricephala collected by Lohmander in Sweden and preserved in Karawajew’s collection could be considered as syntypes of this taxon.

References

Bolton, B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1 - 370.

Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae, Korte, 832 pp.

Karawajew, W. (1931) Uebersicht der Ameisenfauba von Schweden. Trudy Fizychno-Matematychnogo Viddilu Vseukrains'kej Akademiyi Nauk, 5, 207 - 220.

Radchenko, A. G. (1995) A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Communication 2. Groups tuberum, corticalis, affinis, clypeatus, alinae and singularis. Vestnik zoologii, 2, 14 - 21. [in Russian]