Messor excursionis alaschanicus

Messor excursionis alaschanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. excursionis
Subspecies:	M. excursionis alaschanicus
Trinomial name
Messor excursionis alaschanicus Ruzsky, 1915

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Mongolia (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.

• alaschanicus. Messor excursionis subsp. alaschanicus Ruzsky, 1915a: 442, figs. 25-27 (w.) MONGOLIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Mongolia: southern Gobi, Alashan desert, 1-2.x.1901 (Kozlov).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Subspecies of excursionis: Emery, 1921f: 74; Stärcke, 1935: 268 (footnote); Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Distribution: Mongolia.

References

• Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 20: 418-444 (page 442, Figs. 25-27 worker described)
• Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wiss. Ergeb. Niederl. Exped. Karakorum 1: 260-269 (page 268, see also)