Messor barbarus beduinus

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor arenarius.

Nomenclature

 * beduinus. Messor barbarus st. beduinus Emery, 1922c: 93 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. striativentris var. beduina Emery, 1908e: 453 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * Santschi, 1910a: 45 (q.); Santschi, 1926e: 234 (m.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1910a: 45; Emery, 1921f: 72.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1924a: 7; Kutter, 1928: 66.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1923a: 134; Santschi, 1923f: 320 (in text); Menozzi, 1934: 158; Finzi, 1940: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Borowiec, L. 2014: 102 (error).
 * Junior synonym of arenarius: Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Barech, et al. 2020: 14.