Cardiocondyla elegans r. santschii Forel 1905 [type investigation]

This taxon has been described from Marseille / France. Investigated were 5 worker syntypes labelled: “ C.elegans Em. r. santschii . type For. Marseille VIII. 04 (Santschi)”, “ TYPUS ”, ANTWEB CASENT 0908353”; MHN Genève. Three worker and two gynes from MHN Genève labelled by Forel “ C.elegans santschii Forel, type, Candia (Biso)” have no type status as the locality Candia is not mentioned in the original description .