Messor caviceps

Messor caviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. caviceps
Binomial name
Messor caviceps (Forel, 1902) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.983333° to 29.733333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Morocco.

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.

• caviceps. Stenamma (Messor) caviceps Forel, 1902a: 149 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Du Souf, between Tougourt and El Oued, margin of Maouiet-al-Caïd (Lameere).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908e: 457.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1908e: 457; Emery, 1921f: 73; Délye, 1964: 165; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 433; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 104; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
  • Senior synonym of planiceps: Délye, 1964: 165; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 432.
  • Distribution: Algeria.
• planiceps. Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917: 344, fig. 11 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Bou Chachbah, 7.i.1912 (v. Geyr).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1921f: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 256 (error).
  • Junior synonym of caviceps: Délye, 1964: 165; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 432.

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 432, Senior synonym of planiceps)
• Délye, G. 1964b. Sur le peuplement myrmécologique de quelques ergs du Sahara nord-occidental. Trav. Inst. Rech. Sahar. 23: 165-170 (page 165, Senior synonym of planiceps)
• Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 457, Combination in Messor)
• Forel, A. 1902a. Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 147-158 (page 149, worker described)

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., and X. Espadaler. "Le genre Messor au Maroc." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 33 (4) (1998): 419-434.
• Cagniant, H.. "Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 105 (1970): 405-430.
• Délye, G.. "Répartition des fourmis dans les grands massifs de dunes du Sahara nord-occidental (Hym.)." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 74 (1970): 224-227.
• Emery, C.. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Messor, Goniomma, Oxyopomyrmex." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 437-465.
• Forel, A.. "Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46 (1902): 147-158.