Messor excursionis alaschanicus

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Messor excursionis alaschanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: M. excursionis
Subspecies: M. excursionis alaschanicus
Trinomial name
Messor excursionis alaschanicus
Ruzsky, 1915

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Mongolia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • alaschanicus. Messor excursionis subsp. alaschanicus Ruzsky, 1915a: 442, figs. 25-27 (w.) MONGOLIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Mongolia: southern Gobi, Alashan desert, 1-2.x.1901 (Kozlov).
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • Subspecies of excursionis: Emery, 1921f: 74; Stärcke, 1935: 268 (footnote); Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
    • Distribution: Mongolia.

Description

References

  • Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 20: 418-444 (page 442, Figs. 25-27 worker described)
  • Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wiss. Ergeb. Niederl. Exped. Karakorum 1: 260-269 (page 268, see also)