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Messor grandinidus
| Messor grandinidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. grandinidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor grandinidus Emery, 1912
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 27.561528°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco, Tunisia (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- grandinidus. Messor barbarus subsp. grandinida Emery, 1912f: 98 (footnote).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Tunisia (no further data).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
- [First available use of Messor barbarus st. meridionalis var. grandinida Santschi, 1910a: 43 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1917e: 90; Stitz, 1917: 343.
- Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921f: 70; Emery, 1922c: 95; Emery, 1924a: 7; Kutter, 1928: 66.
- Subspecies of semirufus: Menozzi, 1927g: 379; Santschi, 1927c: 231; Santschi, 1929e: 142; Finzi, 1930b: 15; Menozzi, 1940: 267; Finzi, 1940: 158; Menozzi, 1934: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
- Status as species: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 427; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 106; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
- Material of the unavailable name mixtus referred her by Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
- Distribution: Morocco, Tunisia.
Description
References
- Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 2006a. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.: (page 197)
- Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434. (page 427, Status as species)
- Emery, C. 1912f. Der Wanderzug der Steppen- und Wüstenameisen von Zentral-Asien nach Süd-Europa und Nord-Afrika. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 95-104 (page 95?, worker, queen, male described)
- Menozzi, C. 1927g. Risultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'Oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 52: 379-382 (page 379, Subspecies of semirufus)
- Santschi, F. 1910a. Nouvelles fourmis de Tunisie (3e note). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 1: 43-46 (page 43, First available use of Messor barbarus st. meridionalis var. grandinida; unavailable name.)
- Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 231, Subspecies of semirufus)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Emery, C.. "Formiche della Cirenaica raccolte dal Dott. Enrico Festa e dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri." Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 56 (1924): 6-11.
- Finzi, B.. "Formiche della Libia." Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 18 (1940): 155-166.
- Menozzi C. 1927. Risultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'Oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Formicidae (Hymenoptera).. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 379-382.
- Menozzi, C.. "Contributo alla fauna della Tripolitania." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale ed Agraria, Portici 31 (1940): 244-273.