Messor barbarus politus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor barbarus var. politus Karavaiev, 1912a: 6 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Algeria: Tlemcen, iii.-v.1911 (W. Karawajew).
 * Type-depository: SIZK.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 70.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
 * Senior synonym of dentiscapus: Bolton, 1995b: 256.
 * Senior synonym of ambiguus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
 * [Note: Barech, et al. 2020: 18, record ambiguus as a junior synonym of dentiscapus, but politus has priority over the latter (Bolton, 1995b: 253).]
 * Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
 * ambiguus. Messor barbarus var. ambiguus Santschi, 1925g: 342 (w.) ALGERIA, TUNISIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Algeria: Mascara (A. Cros).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of barbarus: Collingwood, 1978: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
 * Junior synonym of politus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.