Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus

Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. aegyptiacus
Subspecies:	M. aegyptiacus canaliculatus
Trinomial name
Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus Donisthorpe, 1944

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

Nomenclature

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

• canaliculatus. Messor aegyptiacus subsp. canaliculatus Donisthorpe, 1944a: 1, fig. 1 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: (no further data) (W. Pickles).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Subspecies of aegyptiacus: Bolton, 1995b: 253.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1944a. Messor aegyptiacus Emery subspecies canaliculatus subsp. n. (striaticeps Santschi? (1923) nec Er. André (1883)) (Hym. Formicidae). Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 13: 1-3 (page 1, Fig. 1, soldier, worker described)