Messor cephalotes: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Messor
Species
Messor cephalotes
Scientific Name
Messor cephalotes

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Messor cephalotes

Messor cephalotes es una especie de hormiga del género Messor, subfamilia Myrmicinae.

Presenta un tono rojizo que lo asemeja mucho con otras especies como Messor Barbarus y es, junto con Messor regalis, una de las dos únicas formas africanas conocidas en las que el gáster está fuertemente esculpido.​

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