Messor meridionalis sublaeviceps

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Messor meridionalis sublaeviceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor medioruber)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: Messor meridionalis sublaeviceps
Santschi, 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sublaeviceps. Messor sublaeviceps Santschi, 1927c: 241 (w.q.) TUNISIA. [First available use of Messor barbarus st. meridionalis var. sublaeviceps Santschi, 1910a: 45; unavailable name.] Subspecies of medioruber: Cagniant, 1970a: 416. Junior synonym of medioruber: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 426.

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