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Messor species by Country
Species Richness
Richness of Messor species (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). For a list of species and subspecies see the Checklist of Messor species or for valid names only see Messor species.
Species of Messor are known from the following countries.
Afghanistan
- Messor aphaenogasteroides
- Messor himalayanus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor orientalis
- Messor reticuliventris
- Messor semirufus
Albania
Algeria
- Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus
- Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus
- Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
- Messor antennatus
- Messor arenarius
- Messor barbarus
- Messor barbarus politus
- Messor berbericus
- Messor bernardi
- Messor brevispinosus
- Messor caviceps
- Messor foreli
- Messor foreli surcoufi
- Messor hodnii
- Messor hoggarensis
- Messor isekram
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lobicornis normandi
- Messor lobicornis submuticus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor medioruber montanus
- Messor picturatus
- Messor postquadratus
- Messor punctaticeps
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor sanctus
- Messor semirufus phasianicus
- Messor semoni
- Messor striativentris
- Messor striatulus
Angola
Armenia
- Messor caducus
- Messor clivorum sevani
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor muticus
- Messor semirufus
- Messor syriacus
Austria
Azerbaijan
- Messor caducus
- Messor diabarensis
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor minor
- Messor muticus
- Messor semirufus
- Messor striaticeps
- Messor structor
Balearic Islands
Benin
Botswana
Bulgaria
- Messor atanassovii
- Messor barbarus
- Messor caducus
- Messor capitatus
- Messor hellenius
- Messor ibericus
- Messor mcarthuri
- Messor oertzeni
- Messor ponticus
- Messor structor
- Messor wasmanni
Burkina Faso
Canary Islands
Chad
China
- Messor aciculatus
- Messor aciculatus risianus
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor aralocaspius infumatus
- Messor desertora
- Messor excursionis
- Messor excursionis fraternus
- Messor inermis
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor nondentatus
- Messor orientalis
- Messor perantennatus
- Messor striatellus
- Messor subgracilinodis
- Messor valentinae
Congo
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Egypt
- Messor aegyptiacus
- Messor aegyptiacus felah
- Messor arenarius alfierii
- Messor arenarius diabolus
- Messor arenarius thebaicus
- Messor barbarus
- Messor barbarus sahlbergi
- Messor crawleyi
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor eglalae
- Messor foreli
- Messor maculifrons
- Messor niloticus
- Messor rugosus
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
- Messor barbarus
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lusitanicus
- Messor marocanus
- Messor structor tyrrhenus
Greece
- Messor alexandri
- Messor antennatus fodorii
- Messor atanassovii
- Messor caducus
- Messor capitatus
- Messor carpathous
- Messor concolor
- Messor creticus
- Messor danaes
- Messor hellenius
- Messor ibericus
- Messor intermedius
- Messor kardamenae
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor mcarthuri
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor oertzeni
- Messor orientalis
- Messor veneris
- Messor wasmanni
Hungary
Iberian Peninsula
- Messor barbarus
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor capitatus
- Messor celiae
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lusitanicus
- Messor marocanus
- Messor timidus
India
Iran
- Messor alexandri
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor caducus
- Messor ceresis
- Messor dentatus
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor excursionis
- Messor galla
- Messor hebraeus
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor mediosanguineus
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor nahali
- Messor obscurior
- Messor orientalis
- Messor picturatus
- Messor platyceras
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor semirufus
- Messor sultanus
- Messor syriacus
- Messor testaceus
- Messor turcmenochorassanicus
- Messor varrialei
- Messor wasmanni
Iraq
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor buettikeri
- Messor decipiens
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor obscurior
- Messor orientalis
- Messor picturatus
- Messor semirufus
- Messor striaticeps
- Messor syriacus
Israel
- Messor aegyptiacus
- Messor aegyptiacus felah
- Messor alexandri
- Messor arenarius
- Messor arenarius ratus
- Messor dentatus
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor hebraeus
- Messor instabilis
- Messor intermedius
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor maculifrons
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor orientalis
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor rugosus
- Messor rugosus bodenheimeri
- Messor semirufus
- Messor semirufus emeryi
- Messor sultanus
- Messor syriacus
- Messor wasmanni
Italy
- Messor capitatus
- Messor ibericus
- Messor minor
- Messor minor calabricus
- Messor minor capreensis
- Messor semirufus
- Messor structor tyrrhenus
- Messor wasmanni
Ivory Coast
Japan
Kazakhstan
- Messor aralocaspius infumatus
- Messor caducus
- Messor clypeatus
- Messor diabarensis
- Messor excursionis
- Messor excursionis sillemi
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor inermis
- Messor kasakorum
- Messor kasakorum nadezhdae
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor lamellicornis
- Messor marikovskii
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor muticus
- Messor perantennatus
- Messor reticuliventris
- Messor rufus
- Messor turcmenochorassanicus
- Messor variabilis
- Messor vicinus
Kenya
Kuwait
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor arenarius
- Messor buettikeri
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor picturatus
- Messor striaticeps
Kyrgyzstan
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor aralocaspius infumatus
- Messor excursionis
- Messor inermis
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor marikovskii
- Messor muticus
- Messor olegianus
- Messor rufus
- Messor rufus striolatus
- Messor valentinae
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Mali
Malta
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor capitatus
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor wasmanni
Morocco
- Messor abdelazizi
- Messor aegyptiacus
- Messor antennatus
- Messor antennatus personatus
- Messor barbarus
- Messor barbarus gallaoides
- Messor boyeri
- Messor brevispinosus
- Messor capitatus nigricans
- Messor caviceps
- Messor erectus
- Messor foreli
- Messor grandinidus
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor hoggarensis
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor marocanus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor minor
- Messor picturatus
- Messor sanctus
- Messor striativentris
- Messor striatulus
- Messor vaucheri
Mozambique
Namibia
- Messor capensis
- Messor denticornis
- Messor incisus
- Messor luebberti
- Messor piceus
- Messor striatifrons
- Messor tropicorum
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor caducus
- Messor capitatus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor oertzeni
- Messor orientalis
- Messor varrialei
- Messor wasmanni
Oman
- Messor asmaae
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor foreli
- Messor galla
- Messor intermedius
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor muscatus
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor wasmanni
Pakistan
Portugal
- Messor barbarus
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor capitatus
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor ibericus
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lusitanicus
- Messor marocanus
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
- Messor barbarus
- Messor caducus
- Messor capitatus
- Messor ibericus
- Messor muticus
- Messor ponticus
- Messor structor
- Messor wasmanni
Russian Federation
- Messor aciculatus
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor caducus
- Messor caducus glabrescens
- Messor clivorum
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor muticus
- Messor rufus
- Messor subgracilinodis
- Messor tataricus
Saudi Arabia
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor arenarius
- Messor buettikeri
- Messor ceresis
- Messor crawleyi
- Messor decipiens
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor foreli
- Messor galla
- Messor hismai
- Messor intermedius
- Messor medioruber
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor muraywahus
- Messor muscatus
- Messor picturatus
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor striaticeps
- Messor syriacus
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
- Messor capensis
- Messor decipiens
- Messor denticornis
- Messor luebberti
- Messor piceus
- Messor striatifrons
Spain
- Messor barbarus
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor capitatus
- Messor celiae
- Messor erwini
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor ibericus
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lusitanicus
- Messor marocanus
- Messor sordidus
- Messor structor tyrrhenus
- Messor timidus
Sudan
Switzerland
Syria
- Messor alexandri
- Messor hebraeus
- Messor intermedius
- Messor luridus virginalis
- Messor maculifrons
- Messor nahali
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor rugosus
- Messor syriacus
- Messor testaceus
- Messor wasmanni
Tajikistan
Tunisia
- Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus
- Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
- Messor arenarius
- Messor barbarus
- Messor foreli
- Messor grandinidus
- Messor lobicornis normandi
- Messor lobicornis submuticus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor picturatus maurus
- Messor postpetiolatus
- Messor punctaticeps
- Messor sanctus
- Messor santschii
- Messor striatulus
Turkmenistan
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor excursionis
- Messor intermedius
- Messor kisilkumensis
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor lamellicornis
- Messor perantennatus
- Messor reticuliventris
- Messor subgracilinodis
- Messor turcmenochorassanicus
- Messor variabilis
- Messor vicinus
Türkiye
- Messor alexandri
- Messor caducus
- Messor dentatus
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor hellenius
- Messor himalayanus
- Messor intermedius
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor luridus
- Messor mcarthuri
- Messor mediosanguineus
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor muticus
- Messor oertzeni
- Messor oertzeni amasiensis
- Messor orientalis
- Messor ponticus
- Messor rugosus
- Messor semirufus
- Messor structor
- Messor sultanus
- Messor syriacus
- Messor testaceus
- Messor varrialei
- Messor wasmanni
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor foreli
- Messor hismai
- Messor medioruber
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor rufotestaceus