Messor luridus

Messor luridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. luridus
Binomial name
Messor luridus Santschi, 1927 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Messor luridus virginalis Santschi, 1927

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.145556° to 40.145556°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Türkiye (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.

• luridus. Messor luridus Santschi, 1927c: 245.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Turkey: Biledjek, nr Brussa (= Bursa) (K. Escherich).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [First available use of Stenamma (Messor) barbarum subsp. caducum var. lurida Emery, 1898c: 139 (w.) TURKEY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908e: 448; Emery, 1921f: 72; Emery, 1922c: 97.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 255; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 19; Borowiec, L. 2014: 108 (see note in bibliography).
  • Distribution: Turkey.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus virginalis.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 124-151 (page 139, First available use of Stenamma (Messor) barbarum subsp. caducum var. lurida; 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).
• Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 245, worker described)

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.
• Emery, C.. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Messor, Goniomma, Oxyopomyrmex." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 437-465.
• Santschi, F.. "Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.)." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 27 (1927): 225-250.