Messor barbarus hamulifera

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Messor barbarus hamulifera
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor incorruptus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: Messor barbarus hamulifera
Karavaiev, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hamulifera. Messor barbarus subsp. hamulifera Karavaiev, 1926b: 99 (s.w.) RUSSIA. Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1948: 211. Junior synonym of incorruptus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640.

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