Messor lobicornis

Messor lobicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. lobicornis
Binomial name
Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Messor lobicornis batnensis Forel, 1909 Messor lobicornis normandi Santschi, 1918 Messor lobicornis submuticus Emery, 1908
Synonyms
Messor lobicornis batnensis Forel, 1909

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Iberian Peninsula Messor species
• Key to Messor species groups

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.221944° to 33.466667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, 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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Messor lobicornis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907750. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• lobicornis. Aphaenogaster (Messor) lobicornis Forel, 1894d: 31 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Carvanserai Aïn Ghoraba, nr Terni, iii.1893 (A. Forel).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908e: 458.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1908e: 458; Karavaiev, 1912a: 10; Emery, 1921f: 74; Cagniant, 1968a: 143; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 64; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Collingwood, 1978: 81 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 255; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 431; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 107 (see note in bibliography); Barech, et al. 2020: 14.
  • Senior synonym of batnensis: Barech, et al. 2020: 14.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Spain.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus normandi, submuticus.
• batnensis. Messor lobicornis var. batnensis Forel, 1909e: 371 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Algeria: nr Batna, 21-23.iii.1909 (A. Forel).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Subspecies of lobicornis: Emery, 1921f: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Junior synonym of lobicornis: Barech, et al. 2020: 14.

References

• Abdi-Hamecha, L., Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Sadoudi, D. A.-A., Salem, S., Zazgad, I., Cagniant, H. 2021. Diversité des fourmis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) dans la forêt de Yakouren (Algérie) : Estimation de la richesse, biogéographie et taxonomie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 128(1), 61-72 (doi:10.35929/rsz.0035).
• 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.
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• Collingwood, C. A.; Yarrow, I. H. H. 1969. A survey of Iberian Formicidae (Hymenoptera). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 44: 53-101 (page 64, see also)
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• 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).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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• Cagniant, H and X. Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434
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