Messor rufitarsis

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Messor rufitarsis (Foerster, 1850) unresolved junior homonym, junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Myrmica rufitarsis Foerster, 1850b: 485 (w.) ALGERIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype (?) worker. Type-locality: Algeria: Algiers (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MNHU (Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Perhaps type-material is also in MNHN as Foerster (p, 486) thanks “Leon Fairmaire in Paris” for the specimens.

[Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Messor rufitarsis Fabricius, 1804 (Bolton, 1995b: 256).]
Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
Junior synonym of Messor barbarus: Mayr, 1861: 66 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863a: 395; Emery & Forel, 1879: 461; Emery, 1891c: 12; Dalla Torre, 1893: 99; Emery, 1921c: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 256.
Status as species: Nezhad et al., 2012: 68 (error).
[Note: Nezhad et al., 2012, perhaps confuse Messor rufitarsis Foerster, 1850b with Messor rufitarsis Fabricius, 1804; or more probably a misidentification.]

Obsolete combinations

Myrmica rufitarsis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481. PDF
Foerster, A. 1850b. Eine Centurie neuer Hymenopteren. Zweite Dekade. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 7:485-500.
Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. PDF
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Nezhad, S. H.; Rad, S. P.; Firouzi, F.; Agosti, D. 2012. New and additional records for the ant fauna from Iran (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoology in the Middle East 55:65-74. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF

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