Messor galla

Distribution
This taxon was described from Ethiopia. It is also found in Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  galla. Stenamma (Messor) barbarum var. galla Mayr, 1904b: 5 (w.) ETHIOPIA. [First available use of Stenamma (Messor) barbarum subsp. caduca var. galla Emery, 1895a: 179; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1939a: 155 (q.m.). Combination in Messor: Santschi, 1914d: 335. Subspecies of barbarus: Santschi, 1910f: 234; Santschi, 1914d: 335. Raised to species: Santschi, 1923f: 326; Santschi, 1928f: 201. Senior synonym of latinoda: Viehmeyer, 1923: 87; Bolton, 1982: 350; of airensis, nobilis, rufula and material of the unavailable names armata, rufa, triempressa referred here: Bolton, 1982: 350. Current subspecies: nominal plus obscurus.
 * latinoda. Messor barbarus st. latinoda Santschi, 1917e: 93, fig. 2 (s.w.) EAST AFRICA. Junior synonym of galla: Viehmeyer, 1923: 87; Bolton, 1982: 350.
 * nobilis. Messor galla st. nobilis Santschi, 1928f: 201 (w.q.) ETHIOPIA. Junior synonym of galla: Bolton, 1982: 350.
 * rufula. Messor galla var. rufula Finzi, 1939a: 162 (w.) ETHIOPIA. [First avialable use of Messor barbarus r. semirufus var. rufula Forel, 1918b: 156; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of galla: Bolton, 1982: 350.
 * airensis. Messor galla var. airensis Bernard, 1950b: 286 (w.q.) NIGER. Junior synonym of galla: Bolton, 1982: 350.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bolton 1982.pdf|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 PDF]]