Messor vicinus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 94 (in key) (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Turkmenistan: “railway station Geok-Tepe” (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Status as species: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 9; Pisarski, 1967: 383; Arnol’di, 1977b: 1647 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 258.
 * Distribution: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.