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Messor minor capreensis
| Messor minor capreensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. minor |
| Subspecies: | M. minor capreensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Messor minor capreensis Santschi, 1927 | |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 40.746329° to 40.55°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Italy (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.
- capreensis. Messor minor var. capreensis Santschi, 1927c: 234, fig. 17 (w.) ITALY (Capri I.).
- Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Italy: Capri I. (Clavel).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 62.
- Subspecies of minor: Finzi, 1929: 86; Santschi, 1934d: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3.
- Distribution: Italy.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 234, Fig. 17 worker d*Schifani, E., Csősz, S., Viviano, R., Alicata, A. 2021. Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands: on the presence or absence of 28 species in Sicily (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Natural History Sciences 8, 55–70 (doi:10.4081/nhs.2021.532).
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