Messor antennatus personatus

Messor antennatus personatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. antennatus
Subspecies:	M. antennatus personatus
Trinomial name
Messor antennatus personatus Santschi, 1931

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 31.483333° to 31.483333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

• personatus. Messor antennatus st. personatus Santschi, 1931a: 3 (w.) MOROCCO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Morocco: Reraïa (Grand Atlas), 29.v.-15.vi.1926 (H. & H. Lindberg).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of antennatus: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Barech, et al. 2020: 17.
  • Distribution: Morocco.

References

• Santschi, F. 1931a. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg. Comment. Biol. 3(1 14: 1-13 (page 3, worker described)