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Messor tataricus
| Messor tataricus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | M. tataricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Messor tataricus Ruzsky, 1905 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tataricus. Aphaenogaster (Messor) tataricus Ruzsky, 1905b: 738 (w.) RUSSIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Russia: Ufimskaya gub., Ufy, 1895 (Teregulov).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- [Misspelled as tartaricus by He & Song, 2009: 724.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 97.
- Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921f: 73.
- Subspecies of clivorum: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key); Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key).
- Junior synonym of structor: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 224; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 257; Radchenko, 2016: 171.
- Status as species: He & Song, 2009: 724; Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 8 (nomen dubium).
- Distribution: China, Russia.
Taxonomic Notes
Steiner et al. (2018) - Based on its distribution area, M. tataricus could belong to either Messor ponticus or Messor muticus. The original description cannot be interpreted morphologically, and the types are unavailable (A.G. Radchenko, Museum and Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences, pers. comm.). We therefore consider M. tataricus as nomen dubium.
Description
References
- 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 1644, Subspecies of clivorum)
- Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Fauna Bûlg. 22: 1-310 (page 114, junior synonym of structor)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 224, Junior synonym of structor)
- Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 738, worker described)
- Steiner, F.M., Csősz, S., Markó, B., Gamisch, A., Rinnhofer, L., Folterbauer, C., Hammerle, S., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W. & Schlick-Steiner, B.C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 387–404 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005).