Messor clivorum sevani

Messor clivorum sevani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. clivorum
Subspecies:	M. clivorum sevani
Trinomial name
Messor clivorum sevani Arnol'di, 1977

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Armenia (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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sevani. Messor clivorum subsp. sevani Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Armenia: See Gotschka (= Lake Sevan), Sewan I. (Gouv. Erevan), 5.viii.1923 (Zaitzew).
  • Type-depositories: NHMY, SIZK.
  • [First available use of Messor structor subsp. striaticeps var. sevany Karavaiev, 1926b: 103 (s.w.) ARMENIA (Sewan I.); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Karavaiev, 1929b: 209.
  • Junior synonym of structor: Arakelian, 1994: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 257; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139.
  • Subspecies of clivorum: Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 8 (nomen dubium).
  • Distribution: Armenia.

References

• Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. (page 39, Junior synonym of structor)
• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 56: 1637-1648 (page 1644, soldier, worker described)
• Karavaiev, V. 1926b. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. Konowia 5: 93-109 (page 103, First available use of Messor structor subsp. striaticeps var. sevany; unavailable name.)
• Steiner, F.M., Csősz, S., Markó, B., Gamisch, A., Rinnhofer, L., Folterbauer, C., Hammerle, S., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 387–404 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005).