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Messor planiceps
| Messor planiceps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor caviceps) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor caviceps.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- planiceps. Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917: 344, fig. 11 (w.) ALGERIA. Junior synonym of caviceps: Délye, 1964: 165; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 432.
References
- Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434 (page 432, Junior synonym of planiceps)
- Délye, G. 1964b. Sur le peuplement myrmécologique de quelques ergs du Sahara nord-occidental. Trav. Inst. Rech. Sahar. 23: 165-170 (page 165, Junior synonym of planiceps)
- Stitz, H. 1917. Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 333-353 (page 344, Fig. 11 worker described)