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Messor desertora
| Messor desertora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. desertora |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor desertora He & Song, 2009 | |
The type material was collected from Inner Mongolia desert. The main seeds harvested from Nitraria sibirica Pall. and Nitraria tangutorum Bobrov(?) and a small amount of gramineous Gramineae seed. General hi nest nest near the white thorns in the sand gravel soil. Nest hole diameter of 1.2 ~ 1.8cm, nest outside the heap radius of 11 ~ 18cm, heap soil 1.80 ~ 6.30cm high. (As per "google translate" translation of He and Song 2009).
Identification
He and Song (2009) - This new species is similar to Messor aciculatus，but its occipital margin rounded, scapes of antennae surpasses occipital margin slightly, masticatory margin of mandible has two blunt preapical teeth, and 11 to 13 thin teeth or denticles are in the inner. A round pore is in the middle of the profile of metathorax.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 40.83638889° to 38.6575°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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.
- desertora. Messor desertora He & Song, 2009: 722, figs. 1, 2 (w.) CHINA (Inner Mongolia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: China: Inner Mongolia, Alashan league, Wuliji village, 1319 m., 40°45’06’’N, 104°31’10’’E, 15.vii.2006 (L. Song).
- Type-depository: NUYC.
- Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
- Distribution: China.
Description
Holotype worker ：TL 8.67，HL 2.0，HW 1.80，CL 0.4，SL 1.73，CI 90，SI 96.11，PW 1.20，AL 2.67，ED 0.46，MTL 2.0.
Type Material
Holotype major worker：Wuliji village，Alashan league，Inner Mongolia，China. 2006-Ⅶ-15，N 40°45´06，E 104°31´10，1319m，collected by Song Lingying. Deposited in the laboratory of insect specimens, Agricultural College, Ningxia University.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- He D.-H., and L. Song. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2: 720-725.