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Messor excursionis sillemi
| Messor excursionis sillemi | |
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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 |
| Subspecies: | M. excursionis sillemi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Messor excursionis sillemi Stärcke, 1935 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sillemi. Messor excursionis var. sillemi Stärcke, 1935: 262 (w.) CHINA (Xinjiang).
- Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: China: Sanju to Karghalik, 1850-1330 m., ‘in desert’ (Takla Makan), 12-17.x.1929 (J.A. Sillem).
- Type-depository: NCBA.
- Subspecies of excursionis: Bolton, 1995b: 257.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wiss. Ergeb. Niederl. Exped. Karakorum 1: 260-269 (page 262, worker described)