Messor aegyptiacus

Messor aegyptiacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. aegyptiacus
Binomial name
Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus Donisthorpe, 1944 Messor aegyptiacus felah Santschi, 1923 Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus Santschi, 1923

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Messor species groups

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.516667° to 20.797201°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Egypt (type locality), Israel, Morocco.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Aphaenogaster barbara aegyptiaca. Worker. Specimen code casent0904120. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• aegyptiacus. Aphaenogaster barbara var. aegyptiaca Emery, 1878b: 57 (footnote) (w.q.) EGYPT.
  • Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Egypt (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Emery, 1908e: 452 (m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
  • Combination in A. (Messor): Forel, 1890a: lxix; Ruzsky, 1905b: 751;
  • combination in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1902a: 148;
  • combination in Messor: Emery, 1908e: 451.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1891b: 12; Forel, 1894d: 31; Forel, 1902a: 148; Forel, 1904c: 5; Forel, 1907e: 15.
  • Subspecies of capitatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 101.
  • Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1878b: 57; Emery, 1880: 393 (in text); Emery, 1881b: 534; André, 1883b: 355; André, 1884b: 541; Forel, 1890a: lxix; Forel, 1895d: 233; Mayr, 1904b: 6; Ruzsky, 1905b: 751; Emery, 1908e: 451; Karavaiev, 1911: 4; Karavaiev, 1912a: 9; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 170; Emery, 1921f: 70; Emery, 1922c: 95; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 27; Donisthorpe, 1947e: 109.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1923f: 320; Santschi, 1929e: 142; Finzi, 1930b: 14; Menozzi, 1934: 158; Santschi, 1934d: 273; Finzi, 1936: 157; Santschi, 1938a: 31; Santschi, 1939d: 69; Finzi, 1940: 157; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bernard, 1953a: 141 (redescription); Délye, 1960: 261; Cagniant, 1964: 87; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Bernard, 1971: 7; Baroni Urbani, 1976: 210; Kugler, J. 1988: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 428; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42; Borowiec, L. 2014: 101 (see note in bibliography); Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus canaliculatus, felah, tunetinus.

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
• Emery, C. 1878c. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte seconda. Formiche dell'Europa e delle regioni limitrofe in Africa e in Asia. [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 12: 49-59 (page 57, worker, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 452, male described)
• Finzi, B. 1936. Risultati scientifici della spedizione di S. A. S. il Principe Alessandro della Torre e Tasso nell'Egitto e peninsola del Sinai. XI. Formiche. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 20: 155-210 (page 157, see also)
• Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page lxix, Combination in A. (Messor))
• Forel, A. 1890b. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:lxi-lxxvi. (page lxix, Race of barbarus)
• Forel, A. 1902a. Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 147-158 (page 148, Combination in Stenamma (Messor))
• Ruano, F., Tinaut, A., Soler, J.J. 2000. High surface temperatures select for individual foraging in ants. Behavioral Ecology 11, 396-404.
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 751, Combination in Messor)
• Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 320, Raised to species)
• Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 142, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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