Messor olegianus
Messor olegianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. olegianus |
Binomial name | |
Messor olegianus Arnol'di, 1970 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 41.508577°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- olegianus. Messor olegianus Arnol'di, 1970a: 77, figs. 3(1,2), 4(1,2) (w.m.) TAJIKISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Tajikistan: Khozreti-sho Khrebet (O. Kryzhanovsky).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 62 (redescription); Arnol’di, 1977b: 1643 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 256; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206.
- Distribution: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Description
References
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 49: 72-88 (page 77, Figs. 3, 4 worker, male described)
- Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 62, see also)