Messor aralocaspius infumatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor barbarus subsp. infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 19.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Kazakhstan: 20 localities cited, including Bugun, Karnak, Dshilga, Auli Ata, Kizilkul, Karabulak (nr Turlan Pass), Karabastau, Ikansu Pass, Baskunshi (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Kyrgyzstan: Chazet-ajub, nr Dshelabad, Balyktschy (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 91 (in key) (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 57; He & Song, 2009: 723.
 * Subspecies of meridionalis: Pisarski, 1967: 384.
 * Subspecies of aralocaspius: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
 * Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.