Protonym: Messor galla var. obscurus
| Authorship | Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 61 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Afrotropic |
| Locality | ETHIOPIA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”). Primary type localities: Ethiopia: Mega, 13.ix.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name), Ethiopia: El Dire, 18-21.v.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name), Ethiopia: Gondaraba, 27.v.1939 and 18.vi.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: IEUB. |
| Type notes | On p. 62 Consani adds, “This variety is, in my opinion, to be considered as synonymous with the species”. |
| Notes | Attributed to Santschi. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Messor galla obscurus | Subspecies |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
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Original combination |