Messor oertzeni

Distribution
This is a northeastern species, recorded from the Aegean Islands, the Dodecanese, northern Macedonia and Thrace (Borowiec et al., 2022).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910a: 25 (w.) TURKEY.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Turkey: Smyrna (= Izmir) (v. Oertzen).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Misspelled as oerzenitor by Santschi, 1921a: 110; misspelled as oerzeni by Santschi, 1923f: 326.]
 * Status as species: Emery, 1921b: 215; Emery, 1921f: 74; Santschi, 1923f: 326 (in text); Santschi, 1921a: 10; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 271; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 117; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Petrov, 2006: 92 (in key); Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 15; Legakis, 2011: 11; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 515; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 20; Borowiec, L. 2014: 110 (see note in bibliography); Bračko, et al. 2014: 14; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 6; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 46; Salata & Borowiec, 2019a: 66.
 * Senior synonym of amphigea: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Legakis, 2011: 9; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 20.
 * Distribution: Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus amasiensis.
 * amphigea. Messor oertzeni var. amphigea Forel, 1911d: 347 (s.w.m.) GREECE, TURKEY.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1(?) syntype male.
 * Type-localities: Greece: Salonica (= Thessaloniki), 1910 (A. Forel), Turkey: Smyrna (= Izmir), 1910 (A. Forel).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Misspelled as amphigera by Santschi, 1921a: 110.]
 * Subspecies of oertzeni: Santschi, 1921a: 110; Emery, 1921f: 74; Santschi, 1926f: 286; Finzi, 1928c: 789; Menozzi, 1936d: 276; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1060.
 * Junior synonym of oertzeni: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Legakis, 2011: 9; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 20.

Type Material
Salata & Borowiec (2019): syntype (w.): M. oertzeni | Forel | type || Typus || Smyrna || Coll. A. Forel || ANTWEB | CASENT0907752 (MHNG).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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