Messor excursionis

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

Nomenclature

 *  excursionis. Messor lobuliferus var. excursionis Ruzsky, 1905b: 739 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN.
 * [Misspelled as excurisionus by He & Song, 2009: 723.]
 * Arnol'di, 1970a: 86 (q.m.).
 * 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, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 221; Bolton, 1995b: 254 He & Song, 2009: 723; Borowiec, L. 2014: 105 (see note in bibliography).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus alaschanicus, fraternus, sillemi.