Messor rufus

Messor rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. rufus
Binomial name
Messor rufus Santschi, 1923 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Messor rufus striolatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
Synonyms
Messor clivorum karawajevi Tarbinsky, 1976 Messor similis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.5° to 32.65°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (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.

• rufus. Messor barbarus subsp. rufus Emery, 1922c: 96.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Uzbekistan: Fergana region (V. Sovinsky).
  • Type-depository: SIZK.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. rufa Karavaiev, 1910a: 272 (in text) (w.) UZBEKISTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 7 (q.m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 71.
  • Subspecies of minor: Santschi, 1927c: 240; Santschi, 1927d: 247.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1923f: 326; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 45; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 6; Dlussky, 1962: 179; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 203; Borowiec, M.L. et al. 2009: 378; Borowiec, L. 2014: 111 (see note in bibliography); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 135.
  • Senior synonym of karawajevi: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 256; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 203.
  • Senior synonym of similis: Santschi, 1927d: 248; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 6; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 256.
  • Material of the unavailable name karawayewi referred here by Emery, 1922c: 96; Santschi, 1927c: 240.
  • Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Uzbekistan.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus striolatus.
• karawajevi. Messor karawajevi Tarbinsky, 1976: 59.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • Type-locality: “Asie”: Tergana, Padschaa (Karawayew).
  • [Note: country of type-locality in doubt; perhaps Kyrgyzstan, or perhaps Tergana = Fergana (Uzbekistan).]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [First available use of Messor barbarus st. clivorum var. karawayewi Santschi, 1917e: 92 (w.q.m.) KYRGYZSTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • [Misspelled as karawaiewi by Emery, 1921b: 211, Emery, 1922c: 96; misspelled as karawayewi by Emery, 1921f: 70.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921b: 211; Emery, 1921f: 70; Emery, 1922c: 92; Santschi, 1927d: 248.
  • Material referred to rufus by Emery, 1922c: 96.
  • Junior synonym of rufus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 203.
• similis. Messor similis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 93 (in key) (w.q.m.) KYRGYZSTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Kyrgyzstan: Karasu Tal, ca 80 km. NE Namangan, Lake Sary-Chelek, Kara Alma in Kugart Tal (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Kazakhstan: Ispaj, Uzun-Atschak, Tepar, Kizil Valley in the upper reaches of River Ugam, Koshkarata (Karatau) (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Uzbekistan: Pskem, Aktash Mountains, Kokbel between Turlan Pass and Kazanbulak in Karatau (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Synonym of the unavailable name karawayewi Santschi, 1917e: 92: Santschi, 1927d: 248.
  • Status as species: Collingwood, 1970: 375 (in text).
  • Junior synonym of karawajevi: Tarbinsky, 1976: 59.
  • Junior synonym of rufus: Santschi, 1927d: 248; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 6; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 257.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 56: 1637-1648 (page 1642, Revived status as species)
• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 56: 1637-1648 (page 1642, Senior synonym of karawajevi)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Karavaiev, V. 1910. Nachtrag zu meinen "Ameisen aus Transcaspien und Turkestan". Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 9: 268-272 (page 272, First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. rufa; unavailable name.)
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929b. Die Ameisenfauna Daghestans. Zool. Anz. 83: 34-45 (page 45, Revived status as species)
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929d. The ants of the genus Messor in the fauna of Middle Asia. Acta Univ. Asiae Mediae Ser. 8A Zool. 6: 1-25 (page 7, queen, male described)
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• 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. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 317-336 (page 326, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 240, Stirps of minor)
• Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 248, Senior synonym of similis)
• Santschi, F. 1927e. Révision myrmécologique. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 67: 240-248 (page 247, Stirps of minor)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.
• Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de l’Agriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
• Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
• Tohmé, G., and H. Tohmé. "Les fourmis du genre Messor en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique." Ecologia Mediterranea 7 (1) (1981): 139-153, fig. 1-22.