Messor brevispinosus

This species is only known from a handful of collections ranging from Atlas Saharien Oranais (Algeria) through Talassemtane National Park (Chefchaouen, Morocco) and south to Tan-Tan along the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Morocco.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor aegyptiacus var. brevispinosus Santschi, 1923f: 322.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”).
 * Type-locality: Morocco: (südl. v. Atlas) (v. Erlanger).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * [First available use of Messor barbarus r. striaticeps var. brevispinosus Stitz, 1917: 344 (w.) MOROCCO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921f: 72.
 * Subspecies of aegyptiacus: Santschi, 1934f: 166; Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Bolton, 1995b: 253.
 * Subspecies of foreli: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 428; Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Barech, et al. 2020: 15.
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 103.
 * Distribution: Morocco.