Messor timidus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor timidus Espadaler, 1997a: 153 (s.w.q.) SPAIN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 92 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens.
 * Type-locality: holotype Spain: Almería, Sartenilla, 23.viii.1996 (X. Espadaler); paratypes: 62 workers, 3 queens with same data, 12 workers with same data but 29.viii.1991, 18 workers with same data but 25.iv.1993.
 * Type-depositories: XEPC (holotype); MCZC, MNHN, XEPC (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 113; Lebas, et al. 2016: 292.
 * Distribution: Spain.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Espadaler, X.. "Diagnosis preliminar de siete especies nuevas de hormigas de la Península Ibérica." Zapateri Rev. Aragon. Entomol. 6 (1997): 152-153.