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Messor excursionis
| Messor excursionis | |
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| 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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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 42.37° to 34.753889°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan (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
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