Messor minor capreensis

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Messor minor capreensis
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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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