Messor valentinae

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

Nomenclature

 * . Messor valentinae Arnol'di, 1970a: 75, fig. 1(3,4) (s.w.) TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 13 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Tajikistan: Pamir, Bartang, 2300 m. (V.I. Sychevskaya); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 64 (redescription); Arnol’di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 258; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; He & Song, 2009: 725; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.
 * Distribution: China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Gulzar A. 2014. Classification and Distribution of ants in Kashgar, Xinjiang. Master's Thesis Shaanxi Normal University, 75 pages.
 * 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.
 * Xia Yongjuan, and Zheng Zhemin. 1997. A survey of Formicidae form Xinjiang. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University 25(2): 64-66.