Messor galla obscurus
Messor galla obscurus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor galla) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor galla.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- obscurus. Messor galla var. obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 61 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
- [Messor galla var. obscurus Menozzi, 1939c: 101. Nomen nudum.]
- Subspecies of galla: Bolton, 1995b: 256.
- Junior synonym of galla: Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 317.
Description
References
- Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of Africa and Madagascar, a guide to the genus. University of California Press. 503pp.
- Menozzi, C. 1939c. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biol. Paese Borana 3: 97-110 (page 101, Messor galla var. obscurus; nomen nudum)
- Menozzi, C.; Consani, M. 1952 [1951]. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Riv. Biol. Colon. 11: 57-71 (page 61, worker described)