Protonym: Formica barbara
Authorship Linnaeus, 1767: 962
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality NORTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: North Africa: (“Habitat in Barbaria. E. Brander.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMLS.
Type notes 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Barbaria = North African coast from Morocco to Libya. 3) There is one Linnaean specimen in LSLC (Day & Fitton, 1978: 196), type-status unknown.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Aphaenogaster barbara Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Formica barbara Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Original combination
Messor barbarus Species Valid
Stenamma barbarum Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)