Messor tataricus

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Messor tataricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: M. tataricus
Binomial name
Messor tataricus
Ruzsky, 1905

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (type locality).

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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

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Nomenclature

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

  • tataricus. Aphaenogaster (Messor) tataricus Ruzsky, 1905b: 738 (w.) RUSSIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Russia: Ufimskaya gub., Ufy, 1895 (Teregulov).
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • [Misspelled as tartaricus by He & Song, 2009: 724.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 97.
    • Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921f: 73.
    • Subspecies of clivorum: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key); Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key).
    • Junior synonym of structor: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 224; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 257; Radchenko, 2016: 171.
    • Status as species: He & Song, 2009: 724; Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 8 (nomen dubium).
    • Distribution: China, Russia.

Taxonomic Notes

Steiner et al. (2018) - Based on its distribution area, M. tataricus could belong to either Messor ponticus or Messor muticus. The original description cannot be interpreted morphologically, and the types are unavailable (A.G. Radchenko, Museum and Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences, pers. comm.). We therefore consider M. tataricus as nomen dubium.

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