Messor hispanicus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Portugal, Spain.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor barbarus st. hispanicus Santschi, 1919e: 244 (w.) SPAIN.
 * Menozzi, 1922b: 326 (q.); Rodríguez González, et al. 1983: 38 (m.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 95.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Menozzi, 1922b: 326; Ceballos, 1956: 301.
 * Subspecies of structor: Santschi, 1929e: 144.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1927c: 225; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 63; Collingwood, 1978: 81 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 254; Espadaler, 1997b: 30; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 431; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (in key); Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 106; Lebas, et al. 2016: 292; Barech, et al. 2020: 16.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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