Messor orientalis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  orientalis. Stenamma (Messor) structor var. orientalis Emery, 1898c: 143 (w.q.m.) TURKEY. Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1903b: 315. Junior synonym of structor: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 12. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Collingwood, 1961a: 61. Junior synonym of darianus: Pisarski, 1967: 383; Pisarski, 1969b: 306. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of structor: Aktaç, 1977: 120. Raised to species: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 150; Collingwood, 1985: 251.