Messor galla obscurus

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Messor galla obscurus
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)