Messor galla airensis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Messor galla airensis Bernard, 1950 junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)

Messor galla var. airensis Bernard, 1950c: 286 (w.q.) NIGER. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Type-localities: Niger: Aïr Mts, Dabaga (600 m.), 1947 (Chopard & Villiers), Aïr Mts, mountains of Baguezans (1500 m.), 1947 (Chopard & Villiers), Aïr Mts, Agadez (525 m.), 1947 (Chopard & Villiers). Type-depository: unknown (presumed lost, not found in MNHN (Bolton, 1982: 350)).

Junior synonym of Messor galla: Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 252.

Citations

Bernard, F. 1950c. Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 10:284-294. PDF
Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.

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