Protonym: Formica arenaria
Authorship Fabricius, 1787: 310
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality NORTH AFRICA
Primary type information Type-material: 3 syntype workers. Type-locality: “Barbaria” (= North African coast from Morocco to Libya). Type-depositories: ZMUC, ZMUK.
Type notes Zimsen, 1964: 426, reports 2 specimens in ZMUC, 1 in ZMUK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica arenaria Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
Original combination
Messor arenarius Species Valid