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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Messor galla
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Messor
galla
(Mayr, 1904)
valid
Stenamma (Messor) barbarum var. galla
Mayr, 1904b
: 5 (w.) ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Ethiopia: Alto Ganale, Boran Galla, v.1903 (
V. Bottego
). Type-depository:
MSNG
.
Type notes:
Locality as printed; holotype label has Alto Daua, Boran Galla, v. 1903.
[First available use of
Stenamma barbarum caducum gallum
Emery, 1895b
; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
Finzi, 1939a
: 155 (q.m.)
Combination in
Messor
:
Santschi, 1914d
: 335
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Emery, 1897f
: 597;
Forel, 1910c
: 250;
Karavaiev, 1911b
: 3;
Emery, 1915e
: 3;
Wheeler, 1922
: 803;
Viehmeyer, 1923
: 87.
Subspecies of
Messor barbarus
:
Mayr, 1907b
: 14;
Santschi, 1910f
: 234;
Santschi, 1914d
: 335;
Santschi, 1917e
: 92;
Emery, 1921c
: 70;
Emery, 1922d
: 98;
Santschi, 1923a
: 134;
Weber, 1943d
: 303.
Status as species:
Santschi, 1923f
: 326;
Santschi, 1928f
: 201;
Finzi, 1939a
: 155;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 81;
Bernard, 1950c
: 286;
Bernard, 1980b
: 266;
Bolton, 1982
: 349 (redescription);
Collingwood, 1985
: 250;
Bolton, 1995b
: 254;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 317;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 212;
Borowiec, 2014
: 106;
Madl, 2019
: 15;
Borowiec & Salata, 2020
: 11;
Barech
et al.
, 2020
: 18;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2022
: 55.
Senior synonym of
Messor galla airensis
:
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Messor barbarus latinoda
:
Viehmeyer, 1923
: 87;
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Messor galla nobilis
:
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 254;
Barech
et al.
, 2020
: 18.
Senior synonym of
Messor galla obscurus
:
Fisher & Bolton, 2016
: 317;
Barech
et al.
, 2020
: 18.
Senior synonym of
Messor triimpressa
:
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 254.
Material of the unavailable name
Messor barbarus galla armata
referred here by
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 252.
Material of the unavailable name
Messor barbarus semirufus rufa
referred here by
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 256.
Material of the unavailable name
Messor barbarus semirufus rufula
referred here by
Bolton, 1982
: 350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 256.
Junior synonyms
Messor barbarus latinoda
Santschi, 1917
Messor galla airensis
Bernard, 1950
Messor galla nobilis
Santschi, 1928
Messor galla obscurus
Menozzi & Consani, 1952
Messor triimpressa
Santschi, 1930
Obsolete combination(s):
Messor galla triimpressa
Obsolete combinations
Messor barbarus galla
Stenamma barbarum galla
Citations
Barech, G.
;
Khaldi, M.
;
Espadaler, X.
;
Cagniant, H.
2020.
Révision taxonomique du genre
Messor
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de
Messor hodnii
sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 127:9-19.
10.35929/RSZ.0002
PDF
Bernard, F.
1950c.
Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 10:284-294.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1980b ("1979").
Messor carthaginensis
n. sp., de Tunis, et révision des
Messor
du groupe
barbara
(Hym. Formicidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 84:265-269.
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.
Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
Salata, S.
2020.
Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan.
Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 29(002):1-29.
10.5281/zenodo.3733156
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1985.
Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia.
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
1996.
Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2).
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385.
PDF
Emery, C.
1897f.
Formiche raccolte da Don Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli, durante l'ultimo suo viaggio nelle regioni dei Somali e dei Galla.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:595-605.
PDF
Emery, C.
1915e.
Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 10:3-26.
PDF
Emery, C.
1921c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
PDF
Emery, C.
1922d.
Messor barbarus
(L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 54:92-99.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1939a.
Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae.
Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14:153-168.
PDF
Fisher, B. L.
;
Bolton, B.
2016.
Ants of the world. Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A guide to the genera.
Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 503 pp.
Forel, A.
1910c.
Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen).
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29:243-274.
PDF
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Wiesel, E.
;
Fischer, G.
2013.
The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222.
PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1911b.
Ameisen aus Aegypten und dem Sudan.
Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 11:1-12.
PDF
Madl, M.
2019.
Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist.
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1904b.
Formiciden aus Ägypten und dem Sudan.
In:
Jägerskiöld, L. A.
1904.
Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901. Part 1 (no. 9).
Uppsala: Library of the Royal University of Uppsala, 11 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1907b.
2. Formicidae.
Pp. 7-24 in:
Sjöstedt, Y.
1907.
1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8.
Stockholm: K. Schwed. Akad. Wissenschaften, 316 pp.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1930b.
Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1910f.
Mission [Gruvel et Chudeau] en Mauritanie occidentale. III. Partie zoologique. Hyménoptères. 2e partie.
Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 64:233-234.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914d.
Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1917e.
Races et variétés nouvelles du
Messor
barbarus
L.
Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 8:89-94.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1923a.
Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. 4ème note.
Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 23:133-137.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1923f.
Messor
et autres fourmis paléarctiques.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:317-336.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1928f.
Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite).
Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 16:191-213.
PDF
Sharaf, M. R.
;
Wetterer, J. K.
;
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;
Aldawood, A. S.
2022.
Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography.
European Journal of Taxonomy 838:1-106.
10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925
PDF
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1923.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera A. Formicidae.
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PDF
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1943d.
The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
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