Messor laboriosus

Messor laboriosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. laboriosus
Binomial name
Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Messor minor denticulatus Santschi, 1927

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 44.82° to 36.304785°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, China, Greece, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russian Federation, Türkiye, Turkmenistan.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code antweb1008071. Photographer Elham Kashani, 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.

• laboriosus. Messor minor st. laboriosus Santschi, 1927c: 240, fig. 3 (w.q.) TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN (date of publication (31).v.1927).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Turkmenistan: Askhabad (Karavaiew).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Synonym of denticulatus: Santschi, 1927d: 247; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 18; Arnol’di, 1977b: 1641 (in key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 220.
  • [Note: Santschi, Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, Arnol’di, and Dlussky et al. all give denticulatus as senior synonym, but laboriosus has priority.]
  • Status as species (as denticulatus): Tarbinsky, 1976: 61 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1641 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 271 (in key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Legakis, 2011: 10; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 513; Borowiec, L. 2014: 105.
  • Distribution: Greece, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

References

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