Messor barbarus politus
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| Messor barbarus politus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. barbarus |
| Subspecies: | M. barbarus politus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Messor barbarus politus Karavaiev, 1912 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- politus. Messor barbarus var. politus Karavaiev, 1912a: 6 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 70.
- Subspecies of barbarus: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
- Senior synonym of dentiscapus: Bolton, 1995b: 256.
- Senior synonym of ambiguus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
- [Note: Barech, et al. 2020: 18, record ambiguus as a junior synonym of dentiscapus, but politus has priority over the latter (Bolton, 1995b: 253).]
- 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.
- dentiscapus. Messor barbarus var. dentiscapus Finzi, 1930b: 15 (w.) ALGERIA.
- [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. capitatus var. dentiscapa Forel, 1909e: 371 (w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 72; Emery, 1922c: 97; Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key); Santschi, 1931a: 4.
- Material referred to politus by Emery, 1922c: 97, Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key); hence dentiscapus junior synonym of politus as the latter has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 253).
Description
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).
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 256, Senior synonym of dentiscapus)
- Karavaiev, V. 1912a. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22 (page 6, soldier, worker described)
