The Ants of Africa
Distribution Card
Species 1 Author 2 Year 3 Country 4 Location Collector Information 5
Messor galla Emery 1895a Ethiopia Boran Galla, Alto Ganale V Bottego new species, worker; v.1893
Messor galla Emery 1897e Somalia Milmil Ruspoli workers
Messor galla Mayr 1904b Sudan Khartoum & Fashoda; Gebel Ahmed Agha Jaegerskiold ground nest described by Traegardh
Messor galla Mayr 1907b Tanzania Kibonoto, Kilimanjaro; garden terraces; lower Mt Meru Y Sjostedt workers & winged queens in December 1905
Messor galla Forel 1910c Eritrea Asmara, Ghinda, Nfeassit K Escherisch workers
Messor galla Forel 1910c Somalia western A Ilg workers
Messor galla Karavaiev 1911x Sudan Khartoum W Karavaiev major & minor workers
Messor galla Santschi 1914d Senegal Dakar & Thies F Silvestri 9 workers & 3 workers
Messor galla Emery 1915g Eritrea Asmara, Cheren, Nefasit F Silvestri all forms
Messor galla Viehmeyer 1923x Sudan numerous locations H Werner & R Ebner  
Messor galla Menozzi 1930b Somalia Villagio Duca degli Abruzzi & Mogadishu Paoli & Chiaromonte  
Messor galla Finzi 1939a Eritrea widespread G Muller  
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Burkina Faso Ougadougou; Banfora P Room; Betbeder workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Ethiopia numerous locations various workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Ghana numerous locations various workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Ivory Coast Korhogo; Ferkessedougou R Luctus; J Levieux workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Kenya Nakuru; Marsubit N A Weber; German Exped workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Mali Gao; Anefis B Malkin; P Room workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Niger numerous locations various workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Nigeria numerous locations various workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Senegal Dakar; Casamance W L Brown; Clavaux workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Somalia Alabla Balleh P E Glover workers
Messor galla Bolton 1982x Sudan numerous locations various workers
Messor galla armata Emery 1922c Ghana   Staudinger & Bang-Haas new variety, worker & soldier types
Messor galla latinoda Santschi 1917e East Africa   Reichensperger new variety, 1 soldier, 1 media, 1 minima
Messor galla nobilis Santschi 1928f Ethiopia Bisa Tint, 1200 m Reichensperger new variety, queens
Messor galla obscurus Menozzi 1939c Ethiopia Arero, Neghelli & Javello E Zavattari numerous of all stages
Messor galla rufula Weber 1943c Kenya Naivasha, 1900m; Nakuru; 1820m N A Weber workers
Messor galla rufula Weber 1943c Sudan Khartoum N A Weber workers
Messor galla rufula Weber 1943c Sudan Imatong Mts, 4646-6200' N A Weber workers & queens; foraging and nests
Messor galla rufus Forel 1910c Ethiopia Nefassit K Escherichi new variety, workers
Messor galla rufus Karavaiev 1911x Sudan Khartoum W Karavaiev minor workers
Messor galla triempressa Santschi 1917e Chad Baguirmi; Techeckna Museum de Paris new variety, workers
Messor galla triempressa Santschi 1917e Ethiopia Harrar Museum de Paris workers

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