Messor aralocaspius infumatus

Messor aralocaspius infumatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. aralocaspius
Subspecies:	M. aralocaspius infumatus
Trinomial name
Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 46.94° to 41.508577°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan.

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.

• infumatus. Messor barbarus subsp. infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 19.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Kazakhstan: 20 localities cited, including Bugun, Karnak, Dshilga, Auli Ata, Kizilkul, Karabulak (nr Turlan Pass), Karabastau, Ikansu Pass, Baskunshi (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Kyrgyzstan: Chazet-ajub, nr Dshelabad, Balyktschy (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 91 (in key) (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 57; He & Song, 2009: 723.
  • Subspecies of meridionalis: Pisarski, 1967: 384.
  • Subspecies of aralocaspius: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
  • Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 56: 1637-1648 (page 1642, Subspecies of aralocaspius)
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927a. Vorläufige Uebersicht über die mittelasiatischen Formen der Gattung Messor (Hym., Form.). Folia Myrmecol. Termit. 1: 89-94 (page 91, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. infumatus; (in key); unavailable name)
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929d. The ants of the genus Messor in the fauna of Middle Asia. Acta Univ. Asiae Mediae Ser. 8A Zool. 6: 1-25 (page 19, worker described)
• Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 384, Subspecies of meridionalis)
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 57, Raised to species)