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Messor incorruptus
| Messor incorruptus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. incorruptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 37.280278° to 33.633333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Russian Federation.
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.
- incorruptus. Messor barbarus subsp. incorruptus Ruzsky, 1923: 4.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Russia: Karabulak (Karabakh) (= Ingushetia?), 1894 (Satunin), Russia: Karskoi oblast, x.1902 (Satunin), Georgia: Abastuman, Akhaltsikhe (no collector’s name), Georgia: Tiflis (= Tbilisi), Kodzhoram, vii.1900 (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- [First available use of Aphaenogaster (Messor) barbarus subsp. aegyptiacus var. incorruptus Ruzsky, 1905b: 751 (w.) RUSSIA, GEORGIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908e: 452; Emery, 1921f: 70; Emery, 1922c: 96.
- Subspecies of barbarus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 16.
- Junior synonym of caducus: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Donisthorpe, 1941k: 238.
- Subspecies of semirufus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key); Arakelian, 1994: 37.
- Status as species: Bernard, 1981b: 145; Tohmé‚ G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 144; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Paknia, et al. 2008: 155: 139; Borowiec, L. 2014: 107; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 134; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 172.
- Senior synonym of hamulifera: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key); Arakelian, 1994: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
- Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Lebanon, Russia, Syria.
- hamulifera. Messor barbarus subsp. hamulifera Karavaiev, 1926b: 99 (s.w.) AZERBAIJAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Azerbaijan: Posten Schirin-su, Bez. Lenkoran (Gouv. Baku), 3.v.1912 (Satunin).
- Type-depository: SIZK.
- [Misspelled as hamiliferus by Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list).]
- Status as species: Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list).
- Junior synonym of incorruptus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640; Arakelian, 1994: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
Description
References
- 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 1640, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of semirufus, and senior synonym of hamulifera)
- Bernard, F. 1981b. Revision of the genus Messor (harvesting ants) on a biometrical basis. Pp. 141-145 in: Howse, P. E., Clement, J.-L. (eds.) Biosystematics of social insects. Systematics Association Special Volume No. 19. London: Academic Press, 346 pp. (page 145, Raised to species)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941m. Synonymical notes, etc., on Formicidae (Hym.). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 77: 237-240 (page 238, Junior synonym of caducus)
- Khalini-Moghadam, A., Borowiec, L., Nemati, A. 2019. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments. Polish Journal of Entomology 88: 163–182 (DOI 10.2478/pjen-2019-0013).
- Kolossov, J. 1932. Synonymische u. systematische Bemerkungen über palaearctische Insekten. Entomol. Nachrichtenbl. Troppau 6: 115-118 (page 118, Junior synonym of caducus)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929d. The ants of the genus Messor in the fauna of Middle Asia. Acta Univ. Asiae Mediae Ser. 8A Zool. 6: 1-25 (page 16, worker described)
- 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).
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 751, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. aegyptiacus var. incorruptus; unavailable name.)
- Tohmé, G.; Tohmé, H. 1981. Les fourmis du genre Messor en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique. Ecol. Mediterr. 7(1 1: 139-153 (page 144, Raised to species)
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.
- Karavaiev V. 1926. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. Konowia 5: 93-109.
- Khalili-Moghadam A., L. Borowiec, and A. Nemati. 2019. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments. Polish Journal of Entomology 88 (2): 163–182.
- Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
- Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6
- Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
- Tohmé, G., and H. Tohmé. "Les fourmis du genre Messor en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique." Ecologia Mediterranea 7 (1) (1981): 139-153, fig. 1-22.