Messor inermis

Messor inermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. inermis
Binomial name
	Messor inermis; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 41.508577°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

inermis. Messor barbarus subsp. inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 21.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Kazakhstan: “Syr Darya, eastwards to Alma-Ata (Verny)” (= Almaty) (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 90 (in key) (w.) KAZAKHSTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1927d: 247.
- Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 65 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1641 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; He & Song, 2009: 723; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
- Distribution: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

Description

References

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 1641, Raised to species)
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927a. Vorläufige Uebersicht über die mittelasiatischen Formen der Gattung Messor (Hym., Form.). Folia Myrmecol. Termit. 1: 89-94 (page 90, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. inermis; (in key); unavailable name.)
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929d. The ants of the genus Messor in the fauna of Middle Asia. Acta Univ. Asiae Mediae Ser. 8A Zool. 6: 1-25 (page 21, worker described)
Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 65, Raised to species)
Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).

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.
Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.
Wu wei, Li Xiao Mei, Guo Hong. 2004. A primary study on the fauna of Formicidae in Urumqi and its vicinities. Arid Zone Research 21(2): 179-182