Protonym: Formica arenaria
Authorship Fabricius, 1787: 310
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality NORTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: North Africa: (“Habitat in Barbariae Dom. Vahl.”) (no further data). Primary type depositories: ZMUC, ZMUK.
Type notes 1) Barbaria = North African coast from Morocco to Libya. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 3 specimens (2 ZMUC, 1 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