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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Stenammini
›
Messor
›
Messor braunsi
Messor
braunsi
Forel, 1913
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Messor capensis
(Mayr, 1862)
Messor braunsi
Forel, 1913a
: 138 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Willowmore (
H. Brauns
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0907742
.
Stitz, 1923
: 149 (q.)
Status as species:
Arnold, 1920a
: 413;
Emery, 1921c
: 73;
Wheeler, 1922
: 804;
Stitz, 1923
: 149.
Junior synonym of
Messor capensis
:
Bolton, 1982
: 345;
Bolton, 1995b
: 253.
Citations
Arnold, G.
1920a.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1982.
Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera
Cardiocondyla
,
Leptothorax
,
Melissotarsus
,
Messor
and
Cataulacus
(Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C.
1921c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
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Forel, A.
1913a.
Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147.
PDF
Stitz, H.
1923.
Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae.
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas 2:143-167.
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)
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