Messor sordidus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Spain.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster (Messor) barbara r. sordida Forel, 1892g: 452 (w.) SPAIN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Spain: Andalusia, Pornelo (M. Medina).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Santschi, 1917e: 89 (s.).
 * Combination in Messor: Emery, 1897f: 239; Emery, 1908e: 457.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921b: 210; Emery, 1922c: 97.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Forel, 1894a: 162; Forel, 1895d: 229; Emery, 1908e: 457; Santschi, 1917e: 89; Emery, 1921f: 72; Santschi, 1923f: 326 (in text); Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 104; Wellenius, 1955: 5; Ceballos, 1956: 302; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190.
 * Junior synonym of ibericus: Collingwood, 1978: 68.
 * Junior synonym of barbarus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 424; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 488.
 * Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 152; Cagniant, 1964: 88; Bernard, 1967: 145 (redescription); Bernard, 1980: 266; Barquin Diez, 1981: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 257; Barech, et al. 2020: 17.
 * Distribution: France, Morocco, Spain (+ Balearics, Canary Is).