Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus

Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. aegyptiacus
Subspecies:	M. aegyptiacus tunetinus
Trinomial name
Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus Santschi, 1923

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 27.936111°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• tunetinus. Messor aegyptiacus var. tunetinus Santschi, 1923f: 321.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. aegyptiaca var. tunetina Emery, 1922c: 96 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Finzi, 1930b: 14 (q.).
  • Subspecies of aegyptiacus: Finzi, 1930b: 14; Bernard, 1953a: 142 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 258; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
  • Distribution: Tunisia.

References

• Emery, C. 1922d. Messor barbarus (L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 54: 92-99 (page 96, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. aegyptiaca var. tunetina; unavailable name.)
• Finzi, B. 1930b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Westalgerien und Marokko. III. Teil. Ameisen aus Marokko und Westalgerien. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Abt. I 139: 14-16 (page 14, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 321, worker described)