Myrmica rufitarsis

Myrmica rufitarsis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor barbarus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	Myrmica rufitarsis Foerster, 1850

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

Nomenclature

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

• rufitarsis. Myrmica rufitarsis Foerster, 1850b: 485 (w.) ALGERIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of rufitarsis Fabricius, above.] Junior synonym of barbarus: Roger, 1863b: 29.

References

• Foerster, A. 1850b. Eine Centurie neuer Hymenopteren. Zweite Dekade. Verh. Naturhist. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. Westfal. 7: 485-500.

• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65.