Messor galla airensis

Messor galla airensis
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 galla airensis Bernard, 1950

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.

• airensis. Messor galla var. airensis Bernard, 1950b: 286 (w.q.) NIGER. Junior synonym of galla: 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.