Messor barbarus beduinus

Messor beduinus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor arenarius)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor beduinus Emery, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

• beduinus. Messor barbarus st. beduinus Emery, 1922c: 93 (w.) TUNISIA.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. striativentris var. beduina Emery, 1908e: 453 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Santschi, 1910a: 45 (q.); Santschi, 1926e: 234 (m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1910a: 45; Emery, 1921f: 72.
  • Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1924a: 7; Kutter, 1928: 66.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1923a: 134; Santschi, 1923f: 320 (in text); Menozzi, 1934: 158; Finzi, 1940: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Borowiec, L. 2014: 102 (error).
  • Junior synonym of arenarius: Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Barech, et al. 2020: 14.

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).
• Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 453, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. striativentris var. beduina; unavailable name.)
• Emery, C. 1922d. Messor barbarus (L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 54: 92-99 (page 93, worker described)
• Finzi, B. 1940 [1939]. Formiche della Libia. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 18: 155-166 (page 157, see also)
• Santschi, F. 1910a. Nouvelles fourmis de Tunisie (3e note). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 1: 43-46 (page 45, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1923a. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. 4ème note. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 133-137 (page 134, Raised to species)
• Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 320, Raised to species)
• Santschi, F. 1926e. Quelques fourmis nord-africaines. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 17: 229-236 (page 234, male described)