Messor arcistriatus

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

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Messor arcistriatus Santschi, 1928 junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917

Messor arcistriatus Santschi, 1928f: 202 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal (Wroughton). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913175.

Junior synonym of Messor decipiens: Bolton, 1982: 348; Bolton, 1995b: 252.

Citations

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.
Santschi, F. 1928f. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 16:191-213. PDF

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