Messor picturatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco.

It is known from North Africa, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  picturatus. Messor sublaeviceps var. picturatus Santschi, 1927c: 243 (w.q.) ALGERIA. [First available use of Messor barbarus st. minor var. picturata Santschi, 1921d: 69; unavailable name.] Santschi, 1939d: 71 (q.m.). Subspecies of minor: Cagniant, 1968a: 143; of medioruber: Cagniant, 1970a: 415. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1985: 251.

Additional References

 * Abdul-Rassoul, M.S., Ali, H.B. & Augul, R.SH. 2013. New Records of Unidentified Ants worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum with key to Species. Adv. Biores., Vol 4 (2): 27-33.