Messor ruginodis
Messor ruginodis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. ruginodis |
Binomial name | |
Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916 |
Bolton (1982) - Apart from the very distinctive Messor regalis this is the only other species of Messor recorded from the Congo. It is possible to decide from Stitz's description that ruginodis is related to Messor capensis and its allies, but further placement cannot be attempted without the types as the description alone is not good enough. It must suffice for the present to state that, apart from regalis, no Messor species is known to extend its range into the Congo, so ruginodis remains an enigma. As the species, whatever it really is, is definitely not closely related to barbarus, I have raised it to species-level here.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ruginodis. Messor barbarus r. ruginodis Stitz, 1916: 374, fig. 1 (w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Congo (“French Congo”): Fort Crampel, xi.1910, 6.i.1911 (Schubotz).
- Type-depository: unknown (not found in MNHU (Bolton, 1982: 353)).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 98.
- Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921f: 71; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 803.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1982: 353 (nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 256.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
References
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- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370. (page 353, Raised to species (nomen dubium))
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- Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 374, Fig. 1 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Stitz H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1: 369-405.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004