Messor tataricus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 *  tataricus. Aphaenogaster (Messor) tataricus Ruzsky, 1905b: 738 (w.) RUSSIA.
 * [Misspelled as tartaricus by He & Song, 2009: 724.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 97.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921f: 73.
 * Subspecies of clivorum: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key); Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key).
 * Junior synonym of structor: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 224; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 257; Radchenko, 2016: 171.
 * Status as species: He & Song, 2009: 724 Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: supplementary material, 8 (nomen dubium).

Taxonomic Notes
Steiner et al. (2018) - Based on its distribution area, M. tataricus could belong to either Messor ponticus or Messor muticus. The original description cannot be interpreted morphologically, and the types are unavailable (A.G. Radchenko, Museum and Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences, pers. comm.). We therefore consider M. tataricus as nomen dubium.