Stenamma msilanum

Identification
Rigato (2011) - S. msilanum gyne looks quite ordinary and mostly recalls Stenamma debile, especially in its dark colour and waist shape; but it has significantly longer appendages than debile.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 * . Stenamma (Stenamma) westwoodi var. msilanum Forel, 1901e: 347 (q.) ALGERIA.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * [Note: the single specimen was redundantly nominated as lectotype by DuBois, 1998b: 258; correctly reinstated as holotype by Rigato, 2011: 17.]
 * Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Forêt de Msila (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * DuBois, 1998b: 255 (w.).
 * Subspecies of westwoodii: Emery, 1921f: 54; Cagniant, 1971: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 393.
 * Status as species: DuBois, 1998b: 254 (redescription); Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 736 (in key); Rigato, 2011: 17; Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 160.
 * Distribution: Algeria.

Queen
Rigato (2011) - Holotype (Gyne). TL 4.7; HL 0.94; HW 0.81; CI 86; SL 0.72; SI 89; PCI 31; AL 1.32; PSI 1.73; ScW 0.64; MnL 0.93; PeL 0.45; PPL 0.28; PeH 0.27; PPH 0.28; PeW 0.19; PPW 0.28; PI1 62; PI2 56; MTL 0.71; TI 88.

Type Material
Rigato (2011) - Holotype gyne, ALGERIA: Foret de Msila  [examined].

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.
 * Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
 * Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
 * DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
 * Liu X., and Z. H. Xu. 2011. Three New Species of the Ant Genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya and the Hengduan Mountains With a Revised Key to the Known Species of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Sociobiology 58: 733-748.