Aphaenogaster pseudoaegyptiaca

Aphaenogaster pseudoaegyptiaca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor capensis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Aphaenogaster pseudoaegyptiaca Emery, 1884

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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• pseudoaegyptiaca. Aphaenogaster pseudoaegyptiaca Emery, 1884a: 384 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Arnold, 1920a: 409 (q.m.). Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895h: 35; in Messor: Santschi, 1917e: 94. Subspecies of capensis: Santschi, 1917e: 94. Junior synonym of capensis: Bolton, 1982: 345.

References

• 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.