Messor dentatus

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a dry to very dry farmland area.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Israel, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  dentatus. Messor semirufus var. dentatus Santschi, 1927c: 228 (w.q.m.) ISRAEL. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. semirufus var. dentata Forel, 1910a: 10; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of semirufus: Baroni Urbani, 1974: 227. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 143.