Messor arenarius ratus Menozzi, 1933 valid
Messor arenarius var. ratus Menozzi, 1933b: 51 (w.) ISRAEL. Palearctic.
Primary type information: Type-material: 5 syntype workers. Type-localities: 4 workers Israel: Wadi Muallich (E Bethlehem), 22.ix.1922, no. 119 (F.S. Bodenheimer), 1 worker Israel: Judean desert, 20.iii.1926, no. 177 (F.S. Bodenheimer). Type-depositories: HUJI, IEUB.
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