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Messor ceresis
| Messor ceresis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. ceresis |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934
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The species was described from Lebanon and is evidently rather local (Collingwood and Agosti 1996). Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on parkland ground in a moderate rainfall area.
Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - HW 1.3-1.5; EL/HW 0.20-0.223. This is a small apparently monomorphic red species resembling some forms of Messor minor, differing in the coarser sculpture of the head and alitrunk, slightly larger eyes, stronger development of the psammophore, distinctly angulate propodeum and less variable size. There are 0-2 projecting hairs at each side on the occiput, two pairs each on the pronotum, petiole and postpetiole with a few hairs at the distal margin of the first gastral tergite. Head, alitrunk and nodes are entirely reddish.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.53388889° to 25.716667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia.
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Lebanon (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.
- ceresis. Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934d: 274 (w.) LEBANON.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Lebanon: Beirut, 5.viii.1933 (F. Santschi).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 253; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 316; Nezhad, et al. 2012: 68; Borowiec, L. 2014: 104.
- Distribution: Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.
- Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
- Santschi, F. 1934d. Fourmis d'une croisière. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 74: 273-282 (page 274, 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.
- Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.