Messor rufotestaceous ^HNS (Foerster, 1850)

Myrmica rufotestacea Foerster ^HNS, 1850: Verh. Naturh.Veri. Preuss. Rheinl, 74: 89.

Aphaenogaster rufotestacea Roger ^HNS, 1863: Verz. Formicid.:30.

Aphaenogaster gracilinodis Emery ^HNS, 1878: Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova. 12:55.

Messor rufotestaceous Foerster ^HNS: Emery, 1908, D. Ent. Z.: 437.

World distribution: Algeria & Egypt.

Distribution in Egypt: Eastern desert, Lower Nile and Sinai.

Material examined: W.El-Arbaein: 19.11.1999 (1). El-Kosayima (N.Sinai): 14.III.I997 (9) (Ain Coll.).