Messor brevispinosus
Messor brevispinosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. brevispinosus |
Binomial name | |
Messor brevispinosus Santschi, 1923 |
This species is only known from a handful of collections ranging from Atlas Saharien Oranais (Algeria) through Talassemtane National Park (Chefchaouen, Morocco) and south to Tan-Tan along the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.866667° to 28.353611°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, 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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brevispinosus. Messor aegyptiacus var. brevispinosus Santschi, 1923f: 322.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”).
- Type-locality: Morocco: (südl. v. Atlas) (v. Erlanger).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [First available use of Messor barbarus r. striaticeps var. brevispinosus Stitz, 1917: 344 (w.) MOROCCO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 72.
- Subspecies of aegyptiacus: Santschi, 1934f: 166; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Bolton, 1995b: 253.
- Subspecies of foreli: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 428; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 103.
- Distribution: Morocco.
Description
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.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434 (page 428, Subspecies of foreli)
- Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 322, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1934f. Fourmis du Sahara central. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 4: 165-177 (page 166, Stirps of aegyptiacus)
- Stitz, H. 1917. Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 333-353 (page 344, First available use of Messor barbarus r. striaticeps var. brevispinosus; unavailable name)
- Taheri, A., Reyes-Lopez, J.L. 2023. New and additional records for the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Morocco. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(1): 1-10 (doi:10.51963/jers.v25i1.1995).