Messor denticornis laevifrons

Messor denticornis laevifrons
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor tropicorum)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor denticornis laevifrons Stitz, 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

• laevifrons. Messor denticornis var. laevifrons Stitz, 1923: 148 (w.) NAMIBIA. Junior synonym of tropicorum: Bolton, 1982: 354.

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.