Messor minor André

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Type location Syria (Aphaenogaster barbara var. minor André, 1883b: 355, worker & queen; combination in Messor Emery, 1908f: 451) Doumar, Gadeau de Kerville - see below.

Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 155; Santschi, 1927d: 232; Kutter, 1927a: 99; Santschi, 1934d: 273; Bernard, 1967a: 149; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640.
Senior synonym of Messor pompeianus: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 61, see  https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913200
Current subspecies: nominal plus Messor minor calabricus but see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913201 - a black form
Messor minor capreensis see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913203,
Messor minor hesperius - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913204

André's (1883b) description is at . Bondroit's (1918) description is at .

The photomontage of the type major (?) worker is collated from https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913199 .