Messor marikovskii

Messor marikovskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. marikovskii
Binomial name
Messor marikovskii Arnol'di, 1970

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 47.24° to 41.508577°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: 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.

Nomenclature

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

• marikovskii. Messor marikovskii Arnol'di, 1970a: 79, figs. 3(3-5), 4(3) (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Kazakhstan: Chary (P. Marikovsky).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 52 (redescription); Arnol’di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Borowiec, M.L. et al. 2009: 378.
  • Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 49: 72-88 (page 79, Figs.3, 4 worker, queen, male described)
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 52, see also)

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.
• Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.
• Reznikova Z. I. 2003. Distribution patterns of ants in different natural zones and landscapes in Kazakhstan and West Siberia along a meridian trend. Euroasian Entomological Journal 2(4): 235-342.
• Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.