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Messor nondentatus
| Messor nondentatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. nondentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor nondentatus He & Song, 2009 | |
The type material was collected from Inner Mongolia desert. Distribution of this species is limited to Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, near Ulla, nesting in the open gravel gravel beach. Only a small number of gramineae seeds were harvested in the nest. (As per "google translate" translation of He and Song 2009).
Identification
He and Song (2009) - This new species is similar to Messor valentinae, but its occipital margin rounded, scapes of antennae surpasses occipital margin slightly. A round pore is away from the declivity of metathorax, next to the dorsum of metathorax. Node of petiole lowed. Gaster takes with a few hairs.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 40.28277778° to 40.28277778°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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.
- nondentatus. Messor nondentatus He & Song, 2009: 723, figs. 3-4 (w.) CHINA (Inner Mongolia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: China: Inner Mongolia, Alashan league, Hanwula village, 1172 m., 40°16’58’’N, 105°50’51’’E, 4.vi.2006 (L. Song).
- Type-depository: NUYC.
- Distribution: China.
Description
Worker
Holotype: TL 8.02, HL 1.76, HW 1.56, CL 0.46, SL 1.73, CI 88.63, SI 110.90, PW 0.8, AL 2.46, ED 0.47, MTL 2.0.
Type Material
Holotype major worker: Hanwula village, Alashan league, Inner Mongolia, China. 2006-VI-04, N 40°16’58, E 105°50´51, 1172m. Collected by Song Lingying. Deposited in the laboratory of insect specimens, Agricultural College, Ningxia University.