Messor species by Country

Species Richness
Richness of Messor species (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). For a list of species and subspecies see the Checklist of Messor species or for valid names only see Messor species.



Species of Messor are known from the following countries.

Afghanistan

 * Messor aphaenogasteroides
 * Messor himalayanus
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor reticuliventris
 * Messor semirufus

Albania

 * Messor caducus
 * Messor meridionalis

Algeria

 * Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus
 * Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus
 * Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
 * Messor antennatus
 * Messor arenarius
 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor barbarus politus
 * Messor berbericus
 * Messor bernardi
 * Messor caviceps
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor foreli surcoufi
 * Messor hodnii
 * Messor hoggarensis
 * Messor isekram
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor lobicornis normandi
 * Messor lobicornis submuticus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor medioruber montanus
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor postquadratus
 * Messor punctaticeps
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor sanctus
 * Messor semirufus phasianicus
 * Messor semoni
 * Messor striativentris
 * Messor striatulus

Angola

 * Messor luebberti
 * Messor tropicorum

Armenia

 * Messor caducus
 * Messor clivorum sevani
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor syriacus

Austria

 * Messor structor

Azerbaijan

 * Messor caducus
 * Messor diabarensis
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor minor
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor striaticeps
 * Messor structor

Balearic Islands

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor sanctus

Benin

 * Messor galla
 * Messor regalis

Botswana

 * Messor capensis
 * Messor decipiens
 * Messor denticornis
 * Messor luebberti
 * Messor piceus

Bulgaria

 * Messor atanassovii
 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor hellenius
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor mcarthuri
 * Messor oertzeni
 * Messor ponticus
 * Messor structor
 * Messor wasmanni

Burkina Faso

 * Messor galla

Canary Islands

 * Messor minor
 * Messor minor hesperius
 * Messor minor maurus

Chad

 * Messor galla

China

 * Messor aciculatus
 * Messor aciculatus risianus
 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus
 * Messor desertora
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor excursionis fraternus
 * Messor inermis
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor nondentatus
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor perantennatus
 * Messor striatellus
 * Messor subgracilinodis
 * Messor valentinae

Congo

 * Messor regalis
 * Messor ruginodis

Croatia

 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor wasmanni

Czech Republic

 * Messor structor

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

 * Messor aciculatus

Egypt

 * Messor aegyptiacus
 * Messor aegyptiacus felah
 * Messor arenarius alfierii
 * Messor arenarius diabolus
 * Messor arenarius thebaicus
 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor barbarus sahlbergi
 * Messor crawleyi
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor eglalae
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor niloticus
 * Messor rugosus

Eritrea

 * Messor galla

Ethiopia

 * Messor cephalotes
 * Messor galla

France

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor structor

Georgia

 * Messor caducus
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor meridionalis

Germany

 * Messor ibericus

Ghana

 * Messor galla

Gibraltar

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor lusitanicus
 * Messor marocanus
 * Messor structor tyrrhenus

Greece

 * Messor alexandri
 * Messor antennatus fodorii
 * Messor atanassovii
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor carpathous
 * Messor concolor
 * Messor creticus
 * Messor hellenius
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor mcarthuri
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor oertzeni
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor wasmanni

Hungary

 * Messor structor

Iberian Peninsula

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor celiae
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor lusitanicus
 * Messor marocanus
 * Messor timidus

India

 * Messor himalayanus
 * Messor instabilis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor semirufus

Iran

 * Messor alexandri
 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor ceresis
 * Messor dentatus
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor galla
 * Messor hebraeus
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor mediosanguineus
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor nahali
 * Messor obscurior
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor platyceras
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor sultanus
 * Messor syriacus
 * Messor testaceus
 * Messor turcmenochorassanicus
 * Messor varrialei
 * Messor wasmanni

Iraq

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor buettikeri
 * Messor decipiens
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor obscurior
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor striaticeps
 * Messor syriacus

Israel

 * Messor aegyptiacus
 * Messor aegyptiacus felah
 * Messor alexandri
 * Messor arenarius
 * Messor arenarius ratus
 * Messor dentatus
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor hebraeus
 * Messor instabilis
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor maculifrons
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor rugosus
 * Messor rugosus bodenheimeri
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor semirufus emeryi
 * Messor sultanus
 * Messor syriacus
 * Messor wasmanni

Italy

 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor minor
 * Messor minor calabricus
 * Messor minor capreensis
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor structor tyrrhenus
 * Messor wasmanni

Ivory Coast

 * Messor galla
 * Messor regalis

Japan

 * Messor aciculatus

Kazakhstan

 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus
 * Messor clypeatus
 * Messor diabarensis
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor excursionis sillemi
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor inermis
 * Messor kasakorum
 * Messor kasakorum nadezhdae
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor lamellicornis
 * Messor marikovskii
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor perantennatus
 * Messor reticuliventris
 * Messor rufus
 * Messor turcmenochorassanicus
 * Messor variabilis
 * Messor vicinus

Kenya

 * Messor angularis
 * Messor cephalotes
 * Messor ferreri
 * Messor galla

Kuwait

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor arenarius
 * Messor buettikeri
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor striaticeps

Kyrgyzstan

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor inermis
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor marikovskii
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor olegianus
 * Messor rufus
 * Messor rufus striolatus
 * Messor valentinae

Lebanon

 * Messor ceresis
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor wasmanni

Lesotho

 * Messor decipiens

Libya

 * Messor sanctus

Mali

 * Messor collingwoodi
 * Messor galla

Malta

 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor wasmanni

Monaco

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor capitatus

Mongolia

 * Messor aciculatus
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor excursionis alaschanicus

Montenegro

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor wasmanni

Morocco

 * Messor abdelazizi
 * Messor aegyptiacus
 * Messor antennatus
 * Messor antennatus personatus
 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor barbarus gallaoides
 * Messor boyeri
 * Messor brevispinosus
 * Messor capitatus nigricans
 * Messor caviceps
 * Messor erectus
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor grandinidus
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor hoggarensis
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor marocanus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor minor
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor sanctus
 * Messor striativentris
 * Messor striatulus
 * Messor vaucheri

Mozambique

 * Messor

Namibia

 * Messor capensis
 * Messor denticornis
 * Messor incisus
 * Messor luebberti
 * Messor piceus
 * Messor striatifrons
 * Messor tropicorum

Niger

 * Messor collingwoodi
 * Messor galla

Nigeria

 * Messor galla
 * Messor regalis

Oman

 * Messor asmaae
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor galla
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor muscatus
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor wasmanni

Pakistan

 * Messor himalayanus
 * Messor instabilis
 * Messor reticuliventris

Portugal

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor lusitanicus
 * Messor marocanus

Republic of Korea

 * Messor aciculatus

North Macedonia

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor oertzeni
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor varrialei
 * Messor wasmanni

Republic of Moldova

 * Messor clivorum

Romania

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor ponticus
 * Messor structor
 * Messor wasmanni

Russian Federation

 * Messor aciculatus
 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor caducus glabrescens
 * Messor clivorum
 * Messor incorruptus
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor rufus
 * Messor subgracilinodis
 * Messor tataricus

Saudi Arabia

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor arenarius
 * Messor buettikeri
 * Messor ceresis
 * Messor crawleyi
 * Messor decipiens
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor galla
 * Messor hismai
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor minor
 * Messor muraywahus
 * Messor muscatus
 * Messor picturatus
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor striaticeps
 * Messor syriacus

Senegal

 * Messor galla

Slovakia

 * Messor caducus

Slovenia

 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor structor
 * Messor wasmanni

Somalia

 * Messor galla

South Africa

 * Messor capensis
 * Messor decipiens
 * Messor denticornis
 * Messor luebberti
 * Messor piceus
 * Messor striatifrons

Spain

 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor bouvieri
 * Messor capitatus
 * Messor celiae
 * Messor hispanicus
 * Messor ibericus
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor lusitanicus
 * Messor marocanus
 * Messor sordidus
 * Messor structor tyrrhenus
 * Messor timidus

Sudan

 * Messor galla

Switzerland

 * Messor ibericus

Syria

 * Messor alexandri
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor luridus virginalis
 * Messor maculifrons
 * Messor nahali
 * Messor rufotestaceus
 * Messor rugosus
 * Messor syriacus
 * Messor testaceus
 * Messor wasmanni

Tajikistan

 * Messor olegianus
 * Messor striatellus
 * Messor tadzhikorum
 * Messor valentinae

Tunisia

 * Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus
 * Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
 * Messor arenarius
 * Messor barbarus
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor grandinidus
 * Messor lobicornis normandi
 * Messor lobicornis submuticus
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor picturatus maurus
 * Messor postpetiolatus
 * Messor punctaticeps
 * Messor sanctus
 * Messor santschii
 * Messor striatulus

Turkey

 * Messor alexandri
 * Messor caducus
 * Messor dentatus
 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor hellenius
 * Messor himalayanus
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor lobicornis
 * Messor luridus
 * Messor mcarthuri
 * Messor mediosanguineus
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor oertzeni
 * Messor oertzeni amasiensis
 * Messor orientalis
 * Messor ponticus
 * Messor rugosus
 * Messor semirufus
 * Messor structor
 * Messor sultanus
 * Messor syriacus
 * Messor testaceus
 * Messor varrialei
 * Messor wasmanni

Turkmenistan

 * Messor aralocaspius
 * Messor excursionis
 * Messor intermedius
 * Messor kisilkumensis
 * Messor laboriosus
 * Messor lamellicornis
 * Messor perantennatus
 * Messor reticuliventris
 * Messor subgracilinodis
 * Messor turcmenochorassanicus
 * Messor variabilis
 * Messor vicinus

Ukraine

 * Messor muticus
 * Messor ponticus

United Arab Emirates

 * Messor ebeninus
 * Messor foreli
 * Messor hismai
 * Messor medioruber
 * Messor meridionalis
 * Messor rufotestaceus

United Republic of Tanzania

 * Messor cephalotes
 * Messor luebberti

Uzbekistan

 * Messor kisilkumensis

Yemen

 * Messor galla
 * Messor sanganus

Zimbabwe

 * Messor capensis
 * Messor decipiens
 * Messor luebberti