Stenamma barbarum
(Linnaeus, 1767)
an obsolete combination of Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Formica barbara
Linnaeus, 1767:
962 (w.)
NORTH AFRICA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype (?) worker. Type-locality: “Barbaria” (= North African coast from Morocco to Libya). Type-depository: ZMLS.
Type notes:
1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) There is one Linnaean specimen in LSLC (Day & Fitton, 1978: 196), type-status unknown.
Citations
- Day, M. C.; Fitton, M. G. 1978. Re-curation of the Linnaean Hymenoptera (Insecta), with a reassessment of the taxonomic importance of the collection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 10 (2):181-198. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1978.tb00012.x PDF
- Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Pars 2. Editio duodecima, reformata. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii, pp. 533-1327. PDF
Extant: 0 valid subspecies (7 obsolete combinations)