Messor barbarus politus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria.

Nomenclature

 *  politus. Messor barbarus var. politus Karavaiev, 1912a: 6 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
 * 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).]


 * ambiguus. Messor barbarus var. ambiguus Santschi, 1925g: 342 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Junior synonym of barbarus: Collingwood, 1978: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
 * Junior synonym of politus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.


 * dentiscapus. Messor barbarus var. dentiscapus Finzi, 1930b: 15 (w.) ALGERIA.
 * [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. capitatus var. dentiscapa Forel, 1909e: 371 (w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 72; Emery, 1922c: 97; Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key); Santschi, 1931a: 4.
 * Material referred to politus by Emery, 1922c: 97, Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key); hence dentiscapus junior synonym of politus as the latter has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 253).