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Messor carthaginensis
| Messor carthaginensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor santschii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor santschii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- carthaginensis. Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980: 268, fig. (w.) TUNISIA.
- Junior synonym of santschii: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 433; Barech et al., 2020: 13.
References
- Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
- Bernard, F. 1980b [1979]. Messor carthaginensis n. sp., de Tunis, et révision des Messor du groupe barbara (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 265-269. (page 268, Fig. worker described)
- Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434 (page 433, Junior synonym of santschii)