Messor aciculatus risianus
Messor aciculatus risianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. aciculatus |
Subspecies: | M. aciculatus risianus |
Trinomial name | |
Messor aciculatus risianus Forel, 1922 |
Identification
Distribution
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.
- risianus. Messor aciculatus var. risiana Forel, 1922: 93 (w.) CHINA (Shanghai).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: China: Shanghai (Ris).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of aciculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 63; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1922b. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 87-102 (page 93, worker described)