Messor santschii

Messor santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Messor
Species:	M. santschii
Binomial name
Messor santschii Emery, 1908
Synonyms
Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980 specimen label

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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.

• santschii. Messor barbarus var. santschi Santschi, 1910a: 44 (in text).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan (F. Santschi).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [First available use of Stenamma (Messor) barbarum r. capitatum var. santschii Forel, 1905b: 176 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Forel, 1907b: 204 (q.m.); Karavaiev, 1912a: 6 (q.m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1907b: 204; Emery, 1908e: 447; Emery, 1921f: 70; Santschi, 1925g: 342 (in key).
  • Subspecies of barbarus: Karavaiev, 1912a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 257.
  • Status as species: Barech, et al. 2020: 18.
  • Senior synonym of carthaginensis: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 433; Barech, et al. 2020: 13.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
• carthaginensis. Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980: 268, fig. 2CT (w.) TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: Cape Kamart, 17 km. NW Tunis, nr Tunis-Bizerte road, x.1948 (F. Bernard).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Status as species: Bernard, 1981b: 143; Bolton, 1995b: 253.
  • Junior synonym of santschii: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 433; Barech, et al. 2020: 13.

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Espadaler, X., Cagniant, H. 2020. Révision taxonomique du genre Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) au Maghreb et description de Messor hodnii sp. n., une nouvelle espèce de fourmi trouvée en Algérie. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 9-19 (doi:10.35929/RSZ.0002).
• Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1998 [1997]. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 419-434 (page 433, Senior synonym of carthaginensis)
• Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 437-465 (page 447, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 176, First available use of Stenamma (Messor) barbarum r. capitatum var. santschii; unavailable name.)
• Forel, A. 1907e. Fourmis nouvelles de Kairouan et d'Orient. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 51: 201-208 (page 204, queen, male described)
• Karavaiev, V. 1912a. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22 (page 6, queen, male described)