Messor semirufus phasianicus
Messor semirufus phasianicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. semirufus |
Subspecies: | M. semirufus phasianicus |
Trinomial name | |
Messor semirufus phasianicus Bernard, 1953 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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. |
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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.
- phasianicus. Messor aegyptiacus var. phasianica Bernard, 1953a: 143 (diagnosis in key) (w.) LIBYA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Libya: Fezzan, El Abiad (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- [Misspelled as pharisianicus by Barech, et al. 2020: 15.]
- Subspecies of aegyptiacus: Bolton, 1995b: 256.
- Subspecies of semirufus: Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
- Distribution: Libya.
Description
References
- Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 143, (in key) worker described)