Messor barbarus ambiguus

Messor barbarus ambiguus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor barbarus politus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor barbarus ambiguus Santschi, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

• ambiguus. Messor barbarus var. ambiguus Santschi, 1925g: 342 (w.) TUNISIA.
  • Junior synonym of barbarus: Collingwood, 1978: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Junior synonym of politus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).