Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt. Author Mohamed, S. Author Zalat, S. Author Fadl, H. text Egyptian Journal of Natural History 2001 3 40 61 journal article 21622 10.4314/ejnh.v3i1.30001 Messor rufotestaceous (Foerster, 1850) Myrmica rufotestacea Foerster , 1850: Verh. Naturh.Veri. Preuss. Rheinl, 74: 89. Aphaenogaster rufotestacea Roger , 1863: Verz. Formicid.:30. Aphaenogaster gracilinodis Emery , 1878: Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova. 12:55. Messor rufotestaceous Foerster : 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.).