Messor lobicornis batnensis

Messor lobicornis batnensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor lobicornis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Messor lobicornis batnensis Forel, 1909

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

Nomenclature

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

• batnensis. Messor lobicornis var. batnensis Forel, 1909e: 371 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
  • Subspecies of lobicornis: Emery, 1921f: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Junior synonym of lobicornis: Barech, et al. 2020: 14.

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).