Messor galla

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan. Palaearctic Region: Ethiopia, Iran, 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]]