Messor excursionis

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Messor excursionis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: M. excursionis
Binomial name
Messor excursionis
Ruzsky, 1905

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.37° to 34.753889°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code antweb1008072. Photographer Hans Peter Katzmann, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ULM, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

Nomenclature

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

  • excursionis. Aphaenogaster (Messor) lobuliferus var. excursionis Ruzsky, 1905b: 739 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Kazakhstan: Balkhash, Kulan-basy, 14.ix.1903 (Berg), Kazakhstan: Balgurai, 10.ix.1903 (Berg), Turkmenistan: Zakasniuskaya obl., Gyaurs, 2.v.1889 (A. Semenov).
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • [Misspelled as excurisionus by He & Song, 2009: 723.]
    • Arnol'di, 1970a: 86 (q.m.).
    • Subspecies of lobulifera: Emery, 1908e: 459 (footnote).
    • Status as species: Karavaiev, 1910b: 68; Ruzsky, 1915a: 442; Emery, 1921f: 74; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 94 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 12; Stärcke, 1935: 262; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 137; Pisarski, 1967: 382; Arnol’di, 1970a: 86; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1646 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 221; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Pfeiffer, et al. 2007: 4; He & Song, 2009: 723; Paknia, et al. 2010: 32; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45; Borowiec, L. 2014: 105 (see note in bibliography).
    • Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus alaschanicus, fraternus, sillemi.

Description

References

  • Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 49: 72-88 (page 86, queen, male described)
  • 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 1646, see also)
  • Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Karavaiev, V. 1910. Nachtrag zu meinen "Ameisen aus Transcaspien und Turkestan". Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 9: 268-272 (page 68, Raised to species)
  • Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 739, worker described)
  • Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wiss. Ergeb. Niederl. Exped. Karakorum 1: 260-269 (page 262, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • He D.-H., and L. Song. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2: 720-725.
  • Huang Jian-hua, Zhou Shan-yi. 2007. A checklist of family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part II) (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi Normal University : Natural Science Edition 25(1): 91-99.
  • Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan. Tr. Rus. Entomol. Obshch. 39: 1-72.
  • Khamraev A. S. 2003. Soil organisms and entomocomplexes in Khorezm and Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan). ZEF work paper for sustainable development in Central Asia No 6, 71 pages
  • Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.
  • Pisarski B. 1967. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24: 375-425.
  • Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6