Cratomyrmex regalis rubea

Cratomyrmex regalis rubea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor regalis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Cratomyrmex regalis rubea Santschi, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

• rubea. Cratomyrmex regalis var. rubea Santschi, 1913c: 308 (w.) BENIN. [Misspelled as rubra by Emery, 1921f: 43.] Junior synonym of regalis: Bolton, 1982: 352.

References

• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370.