Protonym: Aphaenogaster barbara var. semirufa
Authorship André, 1883b: 355
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality MARGINS OF THE CASPIAN SEA, SYRIA, IRAN, ETHIOPIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: “Bords de la mer Caspienne, Syrie, Perse (= Iran), Abyssinie (= Ethiopia)”. Primary type depositories: MHNG, MNHN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907730.
Type notes Countries bordering the Caspian Sea include Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster barbara semirufa Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
Original combination
Messor barbarus semirufus Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
Messor semirufus Species Valid