Messor rugosus bodenheimeri

Messor rugosus bodenheimeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. rugosus
Subspecies:	M. rugosus bodenheimeri
Trinomial name
Messor rugosus bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1933

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel (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.

• bodenheimeri. Messor rugosus subsp. bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1933b: 54 (w.) ISRAEL.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”).
  • Type-localities: Israel: Chederah, no. 163 (F.S. Bodenheimer), Israel: Sarona, nos 281, 282 (F.S. Bodenheimer).
  • Type-depositories: HUJI, IEUB.
  • Subspecies of rugosus: Bernard, 1955a: 361 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 253; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42.
  • Distribution: Israel.

References

• Menozzi, C. 1933b. Le formiche della Palestina. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 12: 49-113 (page 54, worker described)