Messor structor aegaeus

Messor structor aegaeus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor varrialei)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor structor aegaeus Santschi, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

• aegaeus. Messor structor var. aegaeus Santschi, 1926f: 286 (w.q.m.) TURKEY.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. structor var. aegaea Emery, 1921b: 213, fig. 5 (w.q.m.) TURKEY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Subspecies of structor: Menozzi, 1928a: 126; Santschi, 1934d: 275; Menozzi, 1936d: 276; Finzi, 1939c: 155; Baroni Urbani, 1964a: 2; Aktaç, 1977: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Legakis, 2011: 9.
  • Junior synonym of varrialei: Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 7.

References

• Steiner, F.M., Csősz, S., Markó, B., Gamisch, A., Rinnhofer, L., Folterbauer, C., Hammerle, S., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 387–404 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005).