Messor aralocaspius

Distribution
This taxon was described from the Russian Federation. It is also known from Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  aralocaspius. Aphaenogaster barbara var. aralocaspia Ruzsky, 1902c: 20 (w.) RUSSIA. Karavaiev, 1910b: 63 (q.m.); Stitz, 1930: 240 (q.). Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1905b: 745. Subspecies of minor: Santschi, 1927c: 239. Status as species: Pisarski, 1967: 384; Pisarski, 1969b: 306; Tarbinsky, 1976: 65; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642. Material of the unavailable name tamerlani referred here by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 218. Current subspecies: nominal plus infumatus.