Cratomyrmex sculpturatus

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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.

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