Messor intermedius

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece, Israel, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  intermedius. Messor semirufus var. intermedius Santschi, 1927c: 229 (w.) SYRIA. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. semirufus var. intermedia Forel, 1910a: 10; unavailable name.] Subspecies of semirufus: Menozzi, 1927e: 117. Junior synonym of semirufus: Baroni Urbani, 1974: 227. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key). See also: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 142; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 211.