Messor denticornis Forel

Type location Namibia (Forel, 1910f, worker, queen & male); junior synonyms brunni (s var., Forel, 1910e: 444) from Namibia, and parvidens (as var., Forel, 1910f: 15, worker); see Bolton (1982: 349, illustrated - shown, right but clearly inaccurate) .

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 .

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.

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 that description of denticornis.