Messor barbarus politus

Messor barbarus politus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. barbarus
Subspecies:	M. barbarus politus
Trinomial name
Messor barbarus politus Karavaiev, 1912
Synonyms
Messor barbarus ambiguus Santschi, 1925 Messor barbarus dentiscapus Finzi, 1930

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.691111° to 35.233333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

• politus. Messor barbarus var. politus Karavaiev, 1912a: 6 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Tlemcen, iii.-v.1911 (W. Karawajew).
  • Type-depository: SIZK.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 70.
  • Subspecies of barbarus: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
  • Senior synonym of dentiscapus: Bolton, 1995b: 256.
  • Senior synonym of ambiguus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
  • [Note: Barech, et al. 2020: 18, record ambiguus as a junior synonym of dentiscapus, but politus has priority over the latter (Bolton, 1995b: 253).]
  • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
• ambiguus. Messor barbarus var. ambiguus Santschi, 1925g: 342 (w.) ALGERIA, TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Mascara (A. Cros).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Junior synonym of barbarus: Collingwood, 1978: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Junior synonym of politus: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 256, Senior synonym of dentiscapus)
• Karavaiev, V. 1912a. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22 (page 6, soldier, worker described)
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).