Messor incorruptus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor barbarus subsp. incorruptus Ruzsky, 1923: 4.
 * [First available use of Aphaenogaster (Messor) barbarus subsp. aegyptiacus var. incorruptus Ruzsky, 1905b: 751 (w.) ARMENIA, GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908e: 452; Emery, 1921f: 70; Emery, 1922c: 96.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 16.
 * Junior synonym of caducus: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Donisthorpe, 1941k: 238.
 * Subspecies of semirufus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key); Arakelian, 1994: 37.
 * Status as species: Bernard, 1981b: 145; Tohmé‚ G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 144; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008; Paknia, et al. 2008: 155: 139; Borowiec, L. 2014: 107; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 134; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 172.
 * Senior synonym of hamulifera: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key); Arakelian, 1994: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
 * hamulifera. Messor barbarus subsp. hamulifera Karavaiev, 1926b: 99 (s.w.) AZERBAIJAN.
 * [Misspelled as hamiliferus by Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list).]
 * Status as species: Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list).
 * Junior synonym of incorruptus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640; Arakelian, 1994: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 254.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Gratiashvili N., Barjadze S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23: 130-146.
 * Karavaiev V. 1926. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. Konowia 5: 93-109.
 * Khalili-Moghadam A., L. Borowiec, and A. Nemati. 2019. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments. Polish Journal of Entomology 88 (2): 163–182.
 * 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.
 * Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6
 * Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
 * Tohmé, G., and H. Tohmé. "Les fourmis du genre Messor en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique." Ecologia Mediterranea 7 (1) (1981): 139-153, fig. 1-22.