Messor antennatus fodorii

Borowiec (2014) notes that this subspecies, described from Greece (Chios Island), is without doubt not conspecific with Messor antennatus, which is known only from northern Africa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor antennatus var. fodorii Röszler, 1942a: 55 (w.) GREECE.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Greece: Chios, Agio Georgios, iv.1935, no. 241 (E. Fodor).
 * Type-depository: NHMS.
 * [Also described as new by Röszler, 1951: 92, where the holotype is dated iii.1935.]
 * Subspecies of antennatus: Bolton, 1995b: 254; Legakis, 2011: 10.
 * Distribution: Greece.