Messor minor calabricus

Messor minor calabricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. minor
Subspecies:	M. minor calabricus
Trinomial name
Messor minor calabricus Santschi, 1927

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.75° to 37.966667°.

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.

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.

• calabricus. Messor minor var. calabricus Santschi, 1927c: 234 (w.) ITALY.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Italy: Calabria, Sambiase, iv.1920 (C. Menozzi).
  • Type-depository: NHMB (possibly also in IEUB).
  • Subspecies of minor: Finzi, 1929: 85; Baroni Urbani, 1964c: 151; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 62; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Poldi, et al. 1995: 3.
  • Distribution: Italy.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1964c. Formiche dell'Italia appenninica (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia, III). Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona 12: 149-172. (page 151, Subspecies of minor)
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 50: 5-287 (page 62, Subspecies of minor)
• Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2023. The genus Messor Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Annales Zoologici 73(2): 215-234 (doi:10.3161/00034541anz2023.73.2.006).
• Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 234, worker de*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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