Messor denticornis Forel
Type location Namibia
(Messor denticornis n.sp.,
Forel, 1910f, illustrated, worker, queen & male) Luderitzbucht, 1903 - see below and http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0900465
junior synonyms
brunni
(Messor denticornis Forel,
var. Brunni n, var., Forel,
1910e: 444) from Namibia, collector Brunn - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907747
parvidens (Messor
denticornis var. parvidens
n, var., Forel, 1910f: 15, worker) from Namibia, Kubub, L Schultze - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907748
see Bolton (1982: 349, illustrated -
shown below but clearly inaccurate) .
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Forel's (1910f) description is
at . Forel's (1910e) description of brunni
is at . Arnold (1920a: 411) gave a translation,
this is at and of the varieties at . Bolton's modern description (1982) is at .
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The
photomontage of a cotype is collated from http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=20637&-Find.
Note the clypeus has a distinct raised step that appears to have been
missed by Bolton.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Messor denticornis
B Taylor det.
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South Africa
S Danflous
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11.xii.2007
Kruger National Park
25°28'51" S
31°16'06" E
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Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, Mpumalanga Province; 596m
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The
photomontage is
of workers collected from
South Africa, Kruger National Park, Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, Mpumalanga
Province, S 25°28'51" E 31°16'06"; 596m; Sam
Danflous, 11.xii.2007. see the linked page.
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The
photomontage is adapted from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005906
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0005906; Locality South
Africa: Northern Cape: 1.5 km S Steinkopf; 29°16'00"S 017°44'24"E 750
m; Collection codes: BLF02112; Date: 12 Sep 1999; Collected by:
B.L.Fisher; Method: ground foragers; Habitat: succulent karoo
Note - following Bolton's key would lead this
specimen to being tropicorum as it has a distinct step on the
posterior clypeus but the colour and head shape, and
the tooth at the base of the scape match the description of denticornis.
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