Messor caducus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Malta, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica caduca Victor, 1839: 47, pl. 2, fig. d (w.) ARMENIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Armenia: close to bank of River Araxes (T. Victor).
 * Type-depository: unknown, perhaps ZMUM?
 * Combination in Atta: Mayr, 1863: 395;
 * combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29;
 * combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895a: 179; Emery, 1898c: 125;
 * combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1905b: 754.
 * Junior synonym of barbarus: Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863: 395; Emery & Forel, 1879: 461; Nasonov, 1889: 37.
 * Junior synonym of semirufus: Emery, 1921f: 72.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1891b: 12; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 100 (footnote); Emery, 1895a: 179; Emery, 1897e: 597; Emery, 1898c: 139.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 100; Ruzsky, 1902d: 28; Ruzsky, 1905b: 754; Kolossov, 1932: 118; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1638, 1641 (in key); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 426; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 271 (in key); Baroni Urbani, Aktaç & Camiltepe, 1989: 291; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 121; Arakelian, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 154; Petrov, 2006: 92 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Paknia, et al. 2008: 154; Lush, 2009: 114; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 14; Legakis, 2011: 9; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 512; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 19; Borowiec, L. 2014: 103 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 300; Bračko, 2019: 172; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 172.
 * Senior synonym of caucasicola: Arakelian, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139.
 * Material of the unavailable name semirubra referred here by Arnol'di, 1977b: 1638; Arakelian, 1994: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 253.
 * Distribution: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, France (Corsica), Georgia, Greece, Iran, Italy (+ Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus glabrescens.
 * caucasicola. Messor caducus subsp. caucasicola Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639 (w.q.m.) GEORGIA.
 * Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Georgia: Tblisi (K. Arnol’di).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Junior synonym of caducus: Arakelian, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Gomez K. 2017. Two species of exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to Malta. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 61: 233-235.
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 * Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
 * Schembri, Stephen P. and Cedric A. Collingwood. A Revision of the Myrmecofauna of the Maltese Islands. 417-442.