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Messor picturatus maurus
| Messor picturatus maurus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. picturatus |
| Subspecies: | M. picturatus maurus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Messor picturatus maurus Santschi, 1927 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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. |
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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.
- maurus. Messor sublaeviceps var. maurus Santschi, 1927c: 244 (w.q.) TUNISIA, MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan (F. Santschi).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of sublaeviceps: Santschi, 1927d: 248; Santschi, 1936c: 200.
- Subspecies of medioruber: Bolton, 1995b: 255.
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 108.
- Subspecies of picturatus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 425; Cagnaint, 2006a: 197; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
- Distribution: Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 255, Subspecies of medioruber)
- Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 244, worker, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1936c. Liste et descriptions de fourmis du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 16: 198-210 (page 200, see also)