Protonym: Messor semirufus var. maculifrons
Authorship Santschi, 1927d: 228
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality TURKEY, CAUCASUS
Primary type information Primary type material: 21 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 20 workers Turkey (“Syria”): Alexandretta (= Hatay Prov., Iskenderun) (Geade), 1 worker Caucasus (no further data) (W. Karawayew). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes The Caucasus locality is probably Georgia (Tbilisi), as cited in Santschi, 1927d: 228.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Messor maculifrons Species Valid
Messor semirufus maculifrons Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
Original combination