Messor barbarus latinoda

Messor barbarus latinoda
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor galla)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor barbarus latinoda Santschi, 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

• latinoda. Messor barbarus st. latinoda Santschi, 1917e: 93, fig. 2 (s.w.) EAST AFRICA. Junior synonym of galla: Viehmeyer, 1923: 87; Bolton, 1982: 350.

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.