Messor boyeri

Messor boyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. boyeri
Binomial name
Messor boyeri Cagniant, 2006 Specimen Labels

Distribution

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.

• boyeri. Messor boyeri Cagniant, 2006b: 9, figs. 1-3 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 20 paratype workers, 11 paratype queens, 13 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Morocco: western Bani, Guelmim to Assa road, ca 800 m., 19.iv.2006 (H. Cagniant); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 103; Barech, et al. 2020: 17.
  • Distribution: Morocco.

Description

Cagniant 2006, page 8.

Cagniant 2006, Figure 1, page 9.

Cagniant 2006, Figure 2, page 9.

Cagniant 2006, page 10.

Cagniant 2006, page 10.

Cagniant 2006, page 11.

Cagniant 2006, Figure 3, page 12.

Cagniant 2006, page 12.

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).
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H. 2006b. Messor boyeri n. sp. du Maroc. Orsis 21: 7-13.
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Menchetti, M., Borowiec, L., Fisher, B.L., Karaman, C., Kiran, K., Oueslati, W., Salata, S., Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80, 627–648 (doi:10.3897/asp.80.e84428).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant H. 2006. Messor boyeri n sp du Maroc. Orsis 21: 7-13.