Cratomyrmex sculpturatus

Cratomyrmex sculpturatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor regalis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Cratomyrmex sculpturatus Stitz, 1916

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor regalis.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sculpturatus. Cratomyrmex sculpturatus Stitz, 1916: 377, fig. 2 (w.) CONGO. Subspecies of regalis: Santschi, 1920d: 378 (in text); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 802. Junior synonym of regalis: Bolton, 1982: 352.

References

• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370.