Messor structor novaki

Messor structor novaki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor ibericus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor structor novaki Finzi, 1929

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

Nomenclature

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

• novaki. Messor structor subsp. novaki Finzi, 1929: 92 (w.) CROATIA.
  • Junior synonym of structor: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 256.
  • Junior synonym of ibericus: Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 8.

References

• Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Fauna Bûlg. 22: 1-310 (page 114, Junior synonym of structor)
• Finzi, B. 1929. Le forme italiane del genere Messor. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 61: 75-94 (page 92, worker described)
• Steiner, F.M., Csősz, S., Markó, B., Gamisch, A., Rinnhofer, L., Folterbauer, C., Hammerle, S., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 387–404 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005).