Messor lobicornis normandi

Messor lobicornis normandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. lobicornis
Subspecies:	M. lobicornis normandi
Trinomial name
Messor lobicornis normandi Santschi, 1918
Synonyms
Messor lobicornis laurenti Santschi, 1939

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.433333° to 32.249974°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, 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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• normandi. Messor lobicornis st. normandi Santschi, 1918a: 37 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: summit of Dir-el-Kef, v.1913 (F. Santschi).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of lobicornis: Emery, 1921f: 74; Santschi, 1929e: 144; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Bolton, 1995b: 256.
  • Senior synonym of laurenti: Barech, et al. 2020: 14.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
• laurenti. Messor lobicornis var. laurenti Santschi, 1939d: 72 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Trolard-Taza, 29.viii.1938, no. 68 (A. Laurent).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of lobicornis: Bolton, 1995b: 255.
  • Junior synonym of normandi: Barech, et al. 2020: 14.

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).
• Santschi, F. 1918a. Leptothorax nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 9: 31-38 (page 37, worker, queen, male described)