Messor melancholicus
Messor melancholicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. melancholicus |
Binomial name | |
Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977 | |
Synonyms | |
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Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in all rainfall areas.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Türkiye.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- melancholicus. Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639, 1644 (in key).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Azerbaijan: Gouv. Elisabethpol (= Gäncä), Karajaginschen Bezirkes, 23.iv.1911 (Woronow & Popow), Azerbaijan: Salzmorast Adschi (Gouv. Baku), 29.iii.1907 (Schmidt & Schelkownikow), Armenia: Ordubad (Gouv. Erevan), 25.vi.1911 (Satunin).
- Type-depositories: IZGT, SIZK.
- [First available use of Messor structor subsp. striaticeps var. melancholica Karavaiev, 1926b: 104 (s.w.) AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1926f: 292.
- Status as species: Arakelian, 1994: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Borowiec, L. 2014: 109; Bračko, 2019: 172.
- Senior synonym of schelkovnikovi: Arakelian, 1994: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 255.
- Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia.
- schelkovnikovi. Messor melancholicus subsp. schelkovnikovi Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639 (w.q.) ARMENIA.
- Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Armenia: Yerevan (Shelkovnikov).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- Junior synonym of melancholicus: Arakelian, 1994: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 257.
Description
References
- Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. (page 36, Senior synonym of schelkovnikovi)
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 56: 1637-1648 (page 1639, soldier, 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.
- Bračko, G. 2019. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15, 165–175 (doi:10.23885/181433262019151-165175).
- Karavaiev, V. 1926b. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. Konowia 5: 93-109 (page 104, First available use of Messor structor subsp. striaticeps var. melancholica; unavailable name.)
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
- Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
- Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Gratiashvili N., Barjadze S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23: 130-146.
- Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.
- Santschi F. 1926. Travaux scientifiques de l'Armée d'Orient (1916-1918). Fourmis. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 32: 286-293.