Messor plinii

Messor plinii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor cephalotes)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor plinii Santschi, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

• plinii. Messor plinii Santschi, 1912b: 165 (s.w.) KENYA. Combination in Sphaeromessor: Bernard, 1985: 48; in Messor: Bolton, 1995b: 256. Subspecies of cephalotes: Santschi, 1917e: 94. Junior synonym of cephalotes: Bolton, 1982: 346; Bolton, 1995b: 256.

References

• Bernard, F. 1985. Recherches sur l'évolution des fourmis moissonneuses (Hym. Formicidae). Actes Colloq. Insectes Soc. 2: 45-55 (page 48, Combination in Sphaeromessor)
• 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. (page 346, Junior synonym of cephalotes)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 256, Combination in Messor)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 256, Junior synonym of cephalotes)
• Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 165, soldier, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1917e. Races et variétés nouvelles du Messor barbarus L. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 8: 89-94 (page 94, Stirps of cephalotes)