Messor capensis (Mayr)
  Type location South
Africa (Atta capensis n. sp., Mayr, 1862: 743, worker,
illustrated by Mayr, 1865; Aphaenogaster capensis, Mayr, 1866b:
896, illustrated, queen & male; all synonymy by Bolton, 1982: 345)
Cape of Good Hope, Novara Expedition - see below
junior synonyms
braunsi (Messor
Braunsi n. sp., Forel, 1913a: 138, worker; Stitz, 1923:
149, queen) from South Africa, Willowmore, Cape, Dr H Brauns - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907742
donisthorpei (Messor
donisthorpei n. sp., Santschi, 1937a: 51, worker &
queen) from Namibia, W of Maitaohe, 1500 m, 12.xii.1934, K
Jordan - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0900466
pseudoaegyptiaca (Atta
capensis race pseudo-aegyptiaca
Emery, 1884a: 384, small worker;
Arnold, 1920a: 409, queen & male) from South Africa, from Peringuey
of Rondebosch - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904139
schencki (Messor barbarus L. subsp. capensis
Mayr var. schencki n.var.,
Forel, 1910f: 15; Wheeler, 1922: 805, worker) Namibia, Bethanien, Great Namaland,
Schenk - no images on Antweb (January 2015)
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 Mayr's
(1862) description is at  . Mayr (1865: 87) gave a
full description, this is at  . Mayr's (1866b)
illustrated description of the queen and male is at  . Arnold (1920a: 405) gave a translation,
this is at  ; he gave further notes at  . Forel's (1919f) description of schencki
is at  . Forel's (1913a) description of braunsi
is at  . Arnold (1920a: 408) gave a translation of
pseudoaegyptiaca, this is at  . Arnold (1920a: 410) gave a translation of
schencki, this is at  . Stitz's (1923) description of braunsi
is at  Santschi's (1937a) description of donisthorpei
is at  and  . Under the heading Aphaenogaster
barbara, Emery (1884a, 1886) discussed three series collected by
Sig. Péringueyi di Rondenbosch from the Cape of Good Hope -  .
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Bolton's
modern description (1982) is at 
The photomontage of the lectotype major from South Africa (designated by
Bolton, 1982: 345) is collated from 
The photomontage of a major from South Africa (listed by
Bolton, 1982: 345) is collated from 
The photomontage of a media from South Africa (listed by
Bolton, 1982: 345) is collated from