Messor arenarius
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. arenarius |
Binomial name | |
Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787) | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia.
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Israel, Kuwait, Tunisia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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Biology
Castes
Worker
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- arenarius. Formica arenaria Fabricius, 1787: 310 (w.) NORTH AFRICA. André, 1883b: 366 (q.); Emery, 1891b: 12 (q.m.); Forel, 1902a: 148 (m.). Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29; in A. (Messor): Forel, 1890a: lxx; in Messor: Forel, 1894d: 45; in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1898c: 125; in Messor: Emery, 1908e: 439. Senior synonym of amaurocyclia, scalpturata: Roger, 1862c: 292; of bugnioni: Forel, 1904f: 424; of beduinus: Cagniant, 2006a: 197. Current subspecies: nominal plus alfierii, diabolus, ratus, thebaicus. See also: Emery, 1908e: 439; Santschi, 1938a: 32.
- beduinus. Messor barbarus st. beduinus Emery, 1922c: 93 (w.) TUNISIA. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. striativentris var. beduina Emery, 1908e: 453; unavailable name.] Santschi, 1910a: 45 (q.); Santschi, 1926e: 234 (m.). Raised to species: Santschi, 1923a: 134; Santschi, 1923f: 320. Junior synonym of arenarius: Cagniant, 2006a: 197. See also: Finzi, 1940: 157.
- amaurocyclia. Myrmica amaurocyclia Foerster, 1850b: 486 (w.) ALGERIA. Junior synonym of arenarius: Roger, 1862c: 292.
- scalpturata. Myrmica scalpturata Nylander, 1856b: 83 (w.) ALGERIA. Junior synonym of arenarius: Roger, 1862c: 292.
- bugnioni. Stenamma (Messor) bugnioni Forel, 1904c: 13 (w.) ALGERIA. Junior synonym of arenarius: Forel, 1904f: 424.
Description
References
- André, E. 1883b. Les fourmis. [concl.]. Pp. 345-404 in: André, Edm. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp. (page 366, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. (page 12, queen, male described)
- Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 124-151 (page 125, Combination in Stenamma (Messor))
- Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 439, Combination in Messor)
- Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 439, see also)
- Fabricius, J. C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus, genericis, differentiis, specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft, 348 pp. (page 310, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page lxx, Combination in A. (Messor))
- Forel, A. 1894d. Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 30: 1-45 (page 45, Combination in Messor)
- Forel, A. 1902a. Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 147-158 (page 148, male described)
- Forel, A. 1904g. Dimorphisme du mâle chez les fourmis et quelques autres notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 48: 421-425 (page 424, Senior synonym of bugnioni)
- Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berl. Entomol. Z. 6: 283-297 (page 292, Senior synonym of amaurocyclia and scalpturata)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 29, Combination in Aphaenogaster)
- Santschi, F. 1938a [1937]. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 21: 28-44 (page 32, see also)