Protonym: Messor capensis var. schencki
Authorship Wheeler, 1922: 805
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality NAMIBIA
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Namibia (“German Southwest Africa”): Great Namaland, Bethanien (Schenck). Type-depository: unknown (presumed lost, not found in MHNG (Bolton, 1982: 345)).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Messor capensis schencki Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
Original combination