Formica aedificator

Formica aedificator
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor structor)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Formica aedificator Schilling, 1839

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

Nomenclature

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

• aedificator. Formica aedificator Schilling, 1839: 56 (w.) POLAND.
  • [Misspelled as aedificans by Mayr, 1855: 464, Smith, F. 1858b: 162.]
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
  • Junior synonym of rufitarsis Fabricius: Emery, 1921b: 211; Pisarski, 1975: 16.
  • Junior synonym of structor: Mayr, 1855: 464; Smith, F. 1858b: 162; Mayr, 1863: 397; Roger, 1863b: 29; André, 1874: 203 (in list); Forel, 1874: 101 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; Dalla Torre, 1893: 105; Emery, 1921f: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Radchenko, 2016: 171; Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 6.

References

• Steiner, F.M., Csősz, S., Markó, B., Gamisch, A., Rinnhofer, L., Folterbauer, C., Hammerle, S., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 387–404 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005).