Messor excursionis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster (Messor) lobuliferus var. excursionis Ruzsky, 1905b: 739 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Kazakhstan: Balkhash, Kulan-basy, 14.ix.1903 (Berg), Kazakhstan: Balgurai, 10.ix.1903 (Berg), Turkmenistan: Zakasniuskaya obl., Gyaurs, 2.v.1889 (A. Semenov).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * [Misspelled as excurisionus by He & Song, 2009: 723.]
 * Arnol'di, 1970a: 86 (q.m.).
 * Subspecies of lobulifera: Emery, 1908e: 459 (footnote).
 * Status as species: Karavaiev, 1910b: 68; Ruzsky, 1915a: 442; Emery, 1921f: 74; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 94 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 12; Stärcke, 1935: 262; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 137; Pisarski, 1967: 382; Arnol’di, 1970a: 86; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1646 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 221; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Pfeiffer, et al. 2007: 4; He & Song, 2009: 723; Paknia, et al. 2010: 32; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45; Borowiec, L. 2014: 105 (see note in bibliography).
 * Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus alaschanicus, fraternus, sillemi.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * He D.-H., and L. Song. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2: 720-725.
 * Huang Jian-hua, Zhou Shan-yi. 2007. A checklist of family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part II) (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi Normal University : Natural Science Edition 25(1): 91-99.
 * Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan. Tr. Rus. Entomol. Obshch. 39: 1-72.
 * Khamraev A. S. 2003. Soil organisms and entomocomplexes in Khorezm and Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan). ZEF work paper for sustainable development in Central Asia No 6, 71 pages
 * Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.
 * Pisarski B. 1967. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24: 375-425.
 * Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6