Messor galla nobilis

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

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Messor galla nobilis Santschi, 1928 junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)

Messor galla st. nobilis Santschi, 1928f: 201 (w.q.) ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: >4 syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: workers, queen Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Bisa Tint, 1200 m. (A. Reichensperger), 4 workers Ethiopia: Harar (A. Ilg). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913181.

Junior synonym of Messor galla: Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 256.

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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