| The Ants of Africa Distribution Card |
| Species 1 | Author 2 | Year 3 | Country 4 | Location | Collector | Information 5 |
| Messor capensis | Mayr | 1862x | SA | Cape of Good Hope | Novara | new species, workers |
| Messor capensis | Mayr | 1866b | SA | Cape & Cafferland | queen & male (new descriptions) | |
| Messor capensis | Emery | 1886x | SA | Cape of Good Hope | L Peringuey | 3 series of workers (refers back to Emery 1884a) |
| Messor capensis | Emery | 1895h | SA | Cape Town, Pretoria, Makapan | E Simon | workers |
| Messor capensis | Arnold | 1960a | SA | Drakensberg Mts, Little Berg Summits | BR Stuckenberg | Themeda grassland, 5,500-6000' |
| Messor capensis | Prins | 1963x | SA | Transvaal - Kruger national park | A J Prins et al | workers; 3 collections |
| Messor capensis | Bolton | 1982x | Botswana | Kuke Pan, Gmodino Pan | Vernay-Lang; G U Son | workers |
| Messor capensis | Bolton | 1982x | SA | several | various | workers |
| Messor capensis braunsi | Forel | 1913a | SA | Willowmore, Cape | G Arnold | new variety, workers |
| Messor capensis donisthorpei | Santschi | 1937a | Namibia | W of Malahohe | K Jordan | at 1500 m |
| Messor capensis pseudoaegyptiacum | Emery | 1895h | SA | Makapan | E Simon | workers |
| Messor capensis pseudoaegyptiacum | Arnold | 1920a | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo area | G Arnold | all forms; most common variety in area |
| Messor capensis schenki | Forel | 1910f | Namibia | Great Namaland | Schenk | new variety, major |
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. |
href="messor_capensis_distribution.htm"