Protonym: Messor galla var. airensis
Authorship Bernard, 1950c: 286
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality NIGER
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: workers Niger: Aïr Mts, Dabaga (600 m.), 1947 (L. Chopard & A. Villiers), workers Aïr Mts, mountains of Baguezans (1500 m.), 1947 (L. Chopard & A. Villiers), queen Aïr Mts, Agadez (525 m.), 1947 (L. Chopard & A. Villiers). Primary type depository: unknown (presumed lost, not found in MNHN (Bolton, 1982: 350)).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Messor galla airensis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
Original combination