Messor orientalis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, China, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey.

It occurs in the Middle East and South East Europe (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  orientalis. Stenamma (Messor) structor var. orientalis Emery, 1898c: 143 (w.q.m.) TURKEY. Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1903b: 315. Junior synonym of structor: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 12. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Collingwood, 1961a: 61. Junior synonym of darianus: Pisarski, 1967: 383; Pisarski, 1969b: 306. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of structor: Aktaç, 1977: 120. Raised to species: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 150; Collingwood, 1985: 251.

Additional References

 * Abdul-Rassoul, M.S., Ali, H.B. & Augul, R.SH. 2013. New Records of Unidentified Ants worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum with key to Species. Adv. Biores., Vol 4 (2): 27-33.