Messor aegyptiacus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Egypt.

Nomenclature

 *  aegyptiacus. Aphaenogaster barbara var. aegyptiaca Emery, 1878b: 57 (w.q.) EGYPT. Emery, 1908e: 452 (m.). Combination in A. (Messor): Forel, 1890a: lxix; in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1902a: 148; in Messor: Ruzsky, 1905b: 751. Subspecies of barbarus: Forel, 1890a: lxix. Raised to species: Santschi, 1923f: 320. Current subspecies: nominal plus canaliculatus, felah, phasianicus, tunetinus. See also: Santschi, 1929e: 142; Finzi, 1936: 157.