Messor subgracilinodis
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Messor subgracilinodis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. subgracilinodis |
Binomial name | |
Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di, 1970 |
Contents
Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - HW 2.48; EL/HW 0.17. This species has body pilosity much as Messor aralocaspius but less dense and it also differs by the much smoother head sculpture, smaller eyes and the frequent slightly reddish tinge to the alitrunk.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Russian Federation (type locality), Turkmenistan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- subgracilinodis. Messor subgracilinoclis Arnol'di, 1970a: 73, fig. 1 (w.q.) RUSSIA. Spelling emended to subgracilinodis: Arnol'di, 1970a: 87 (caption of fig. 1); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642.
Description
References
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 49: 72-88 (page 73, Fig. 1 worker, queen described; page 87, Spelling amended to subgracilinodis (caption of fig. 1))
- 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, Spelling amended to subgracilinodis )
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.