Messor arenarius diabolus

Messor arenarius diabolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. arenarius
Subspecies:	M. arenarius diabolus
Trinomial name
Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Egypt (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.

Nomenclature

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

• diabolus. Messor arenarius var. diabolus Santschi, 1938a: 35, fig. 5 (w.) EGYPT.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Egypt: Sinai, El Arich, 28.viii.1917 (Graves).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of arenarius: Bolton, 1995b: 254; Sharaf, Abdel-Dayem, et al. 2020: 546.
  • Distribution: Egypt.

References

• Santschi, F. 1938a [1937]. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 21: 28-44 (page 35, Fig. 5 worker d*Sharaf, M.R., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Mohamed, A.A., Fisher, B.L., Aldawood, A.S. 2020. A preliminary synopsis of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with remarks on the zoogeography. Annales Zoologici 70: 533-560 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2020.70.4.005).

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