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Messor berbericus
| Messor berbericus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. berbericus |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.5° to 32.249974°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- berbericus. Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955a: 357, fig. 1B (w.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: 18 syntype workers.
- Type-localities: 3 workers Algeria: S side, summit of Chélia (Aurès), 2300 m., vi.1950 (F. Bernard), 2 workers Algeria: W Chélia, 2050 m. (F. Bernard), 3 workers Algeria: Djebel Faraoun (Aurès), slope at 1700 m., vi. (F. Bernard), 3 workers Algeria: Ein Bouisen (Belezma, massif N Aurès), 1300 m., 13.x.1948 (F. Vaillant), 3 workers Algeria: Kef Seba, Edough, nr Bône, 1090 m., x.1947 (F. Bernard), 4 workers Algeria: Djebel Babor (petite Kabylie), 1800 m., vii.1954 (C. Arlès).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 423 (q.m.).
- Status as species: Cagniant, 1968a: 143; Bernard, 1981b: 143; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 423; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 102; Barech, et al. 2020: 17.
- Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.
Description
References
- Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
- Bernard, F. 1955a [1954]. Fourmis moissonneuses nouvelles ou peu connues des montagnes d'Algérie et révision des Messor du groupe structor (Latr.). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 45: 354-365. (page 357, Fig. B, worker described)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434 (page 423, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bernard F. 1955. Fourmis moissonneuses nouvelles ou peu connues des montagnes d'Algérie et révision des Messor du groupe structor (Latr.). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 45: 354-365.
- Bernard F. 1981. Revision of the genus Messor (harvesting ants) on a biometrical basis. Pp. 141-145 in: Howse, P. E., Clement, J.-L. (eds.) Biosystematics of social insects. Systematics Association Special Volume No. 19. London: Academic Press, 346 pp.
- Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
- Cagniant, H., and X. Espadaler. "Le genre Messor au Maroc." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 33 (4) (1998): 419-434.
- Cagniant, H.. "Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 105 (1970): 405-430.
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste préliminaire de fourmis forestières d'Algérie. Résultats obtenus de 1963 à 1966." Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104 (1968): 138-147.
- Cagniant, H.. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.