D 10. Messor draxil Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930: 32, junior secondary homonym of Cratomyrmex sculpturatus Stitz, 1916: 377 (current combination Messor regalis sculpturatus) junior synonym of Messor regalis (Emery, 1892 b: 572) .

Type locality.

USA: Colorado (Florissant Fossil Beds) Eocene.

Type material.

Fossil. fossil imprints (compression fossils). Holotype ♀ No. 2920, paratypes Nos. 2921 (MCZC), 10,032 (Peabody Museum), 7850 (Princeton University), 17,017 a (University of Colorado), 78,804 (USNM), 11 (Carnegie Museum).

Type depository.

MCZC.

Etymology.

Arbitrary combination of letters, treated as a noun in apposition.