Messor inermis

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

Nomenclature

 * . Messor barbarus subsp. inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 21.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Kazakhstan: “Syr Darya, eastwards to Alma-Ata (Verny)” (= Almaty) (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. meridionalis var. inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 90 (in key) (w.) KAZAKHSTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1927d: 247.
 * Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 65 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1641 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; He & Song, 2009: 723; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
 * Distribution: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * He D.-H., and L. Song. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2: 720-725.
 * Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.
 * Wu wei, Li Xiao Mei, Guo Hong. 2004. A primary study on the fauna of Formicidae in Urumqi and its vicinities. Arid Zone Research 21(2): 179-182