Messor bernardi

Messor bernardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. bernardi
Binomial name
Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.5° to 35.883333°.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• bernardi. Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967a: 131, figs. 1-11 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: 28 syntype workers, 11 syntype queens, 5 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Algiers region (Atlas de Blida), Djebel Guerroumène crest, 1500 m., 16.x.1965, Exposition N (H. Cagniant).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Status as species: Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 415; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Borowiec, L. 2014: 103; Barech, et al. 2020: 17.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

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).
• 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. 1967a. Description de Messor bernardi n. sp. (Hym. Formicidae). Représentation des trois castes. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 72: 131-139. (page 131, Figs. 1-11 worker, queen, male described)
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).

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.
• 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.. "Description de Messor bernardi n. sp. (Hym. Formicidae). Représentation des trois castes." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 72 (1967): 131-139.
• 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.