Messor ruginodis

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Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916 valid

Messor barbarus r. ruginodis Stitz, 1916: 374, fig. 1 (w.) CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: 15 syntype workers. Type-locality: Congo (“French Congo”): Fort Crampel, xi.1910, 6.i.1911 (Schubotz). Type-depository: unknown (not found in MNHU (Bolton, 1982: 353)).

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922d: 98.
Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Emery, 1921c: 71; Wheeler, 1922: 803.
Status as species: Bolton, 1982: 353 (nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 256.

Obsolete combinations

Messor barbarus ruginodis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Emery, C. 1922d. Messor barbarus (L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 54:92-99. PDF
Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1:369-405.
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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