Messor arenarius ratus

Messor arenarius ratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. arenarius
Subspecies:	M. arenarius ratus
Trinomial name
Messor arenarius ratus Menozzi, 1933

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel (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.

• ratus. Messor arenarius var. ratus Menozzi, 1933b: 51 (w.) ISRAEL.
  • Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: 4 workers Israel: Wadi Muallich (E Bethlehem), 22.ix.1922, no. 119 (F.S. Bodenheimer), 1 worker Israel: Judean desert, 20.iii.1926, no. 177 (F.S. Bodenheimer).
  • Type-depositories: HUJI, IEUB.
  • Subspecies of arenarius: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42.
  • Distribution: Israel.

References

• Menozzi, C. 1933b. Le formiche della Palestina. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 12: 49-113 (page 51, worker described)