Messor turcmenochorassanicus

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Messor turcmenochorassanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: M. turcmenochorassanicus
Binomial name
Messor turcmenochorassanicus
Arnol'di, 1977

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Specimen Labels

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on parkland ground in a moderate rainfall area.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.55° to 30.9125°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code antweb1008076. Photographer Elham Kashani, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ULM, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • turcmenochorassanicus. Messor clivorum subsp. turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639 (w.q.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Turkmenistan: Chandyr river, Tutly, 27.x.1935, no. 6915 (K. Arnol’di).
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Paknia, et al. 2010: 33; Borowiec, L. 2014: 113.
    • Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Paknia O., and M. Pfeiffer. 2014. Niche-based processes and temporal variation of environment drive beta diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in dryland ecosystems of Iran. Myrmecological News 20: 15-23.
  • Paknia, O., A. G. Radchenko, and M. Pfeiffer. "New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran." Asian Myrmecology 3, no. 29-38 (2010).
  • Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.