Messor intermedius

Distribution
This taxon was described from Syria.

Nomenclature

 *  intermedius. Messor semirufus var. intermedius Santschi, 1927c: 229 (w.) SYRIA. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. semirufus var. intermedia Forel, 1910a: 10; unavailable name.] Subspecies of semirufus: Menozzi, 1927e: 117. Junior synonym of semirufus: Baroni Urbani, 1974: 227. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640 (in key). See also: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 142; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 211.

Additional References

 * [[Media:MakhanD2011.pdf|Makhan, D., Ezzatpanah, S., Ghahari, H., Naderian, H., Hadian, A., & Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011. Mesostena angustata (Fabricius, 1775)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Semnan, Iran, feeding on ants of Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Calodema, 171: 1-6. PDF]]