Messor sculpturatus

†Messor sculpturatus Temporal range: Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Florissant, Colorado, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	†M. sculpturatus
Binomial name
†Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930

Distribution

This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †sculpturatus. †Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930: 32, pl. 4, fig. 5; pl. 11, fig. 5 (q.) U.S.A. (Colorado, Florissant, Eocene).
  • [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Cratomyrmex sculpturatus Stitz, 1916: 377 (Bolton, 1995b: 257).]
  • Combination equivocal: Wheeler, W.M. & Creighton, 1934: 360; Bolton, 1982: 341;
  • incertae sedis in Messor: Bolton, 1995b: 257.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. & Creighton, 1934: 360; Burnham, 1979: 111; Bolton, 1982: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 257.

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 (page 352, Junior synonym of regalis)

• 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 341, Generic combination equivocal; incertae sedis)

• Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 32, pl. 4, fig. 5, pl. 11, fig. 5 queen described)

• Santschi, F. 1920d [1919]. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 88: 361-390 (page 378, Variety of regalis (in text))

• Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 377, fig. 2 worker described)

• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 802, Variety of regalis)

• Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 69: 341-387 (page 360, Unresolved junior secondary homonym of sculpturatus Stitz. Generic combination equivocal)