Messor incorruptus

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

Nomenclature

 * hamulifera. Messor barbarus subsp. hamulifera Karavaiev, 1926b: 99 (s.w.) RUSSIA. Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1948: 211. Junior synonym of incorruptus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640.
 *  incorruptus. Messor barbarus subsp. incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 16 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. aegyptiacus var. incorruptus Ruzsky, 1905b: 751; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of caducus: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Donisthorpe, 1941k: 238. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of semirufus and senior synonym of hamulifera: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1640. Raised to species: Bernard, 1981b: 145; Tohmé G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 144.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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