Messor megacephala
(Leach, 1825)
unresolved junior homonym, junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Formica megacephala
Leach, 1825:
292 (w.q.m.)
FRANCE.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Type-locality: France: Nice (W.E. Leach). Type-depository: unknown (in BMNH, according to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 151).
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Pheidole megacephala (Emery, 1921a: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 255).]
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
- Junior synonym of Messor barbarus: Roger, 1859: 253; Mayr, 1863a: 395; Roger, 1863b: 29; Emery & Forel, 1879: 461; Emery, 1891c: 12; Dalla Torre, 1893: 99; Emery, 1921c: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 255.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp.
- Emery, C. 1921a. Specific names repeated in the Linnean genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 28:24-26. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481. PDF
- Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
- Leach, W. E. 1825. Descriptions of thirteen species of Formica and three species of Culex found in the environs of Nice. Zoological Journal. London 2:289-293. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
- Roger, J. 1859. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer. I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3:225-259. PDF
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF