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Messor braunsi
| Messor braunsi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor capensis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | Messor braunsi Forel, 1913 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor capensis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- braunsi. Messor braunsi Forel, 1913a: 138 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Stitz, 1923: 149 (q.). Junior synonym of capensis: Bolton, 1982: 345.
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. (page 345, Junior synonym of capensis)
- Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 138, worker described)
- Stitz, H. 1923. Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae. Beitr. Kennt. Land- Süsswasserfauna Dtsch.-Südwestafr. 2: 143-167 (page 149, queen described)