Messor nahali

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a low rainfall forest.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Syria.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor nahali Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 151, fig. 22 (s.) SYRIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 19 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Syria: Jourat-Addad, 18 km. N Aleppo, 7.x.1973 (Tohmé); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: holotype depository unknown (not stated); paratypes: MNHN (in alcohol).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 255; Borowiec, L. 2014: 110.
 * Distribution: Syria.
 * niger. Messor barbarus var. niger Santschi: Santschi, 1931a: 4. Nomen nudum.

Type Material
Salata & Borowiec (2019): syntype (w.): MNHN Paris || type || Messor nahali | Tohme & Tohme, 1981 || 581 || Syrie, Alep | 7. X. 1973 | Tohome rec. || Tube n 581 || Museum Paris | EY9109 || ANTWEB | CASENT0913772 (MNHN).

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.
 * 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.
 * Tohmé, G., and H. Tohmé. "Les fourmis du genre Messor en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique." Ecologia Mediterranea 7 (1) (1981): 139-153, fig. 1-22.