Messor muticus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  muticus. Myrmica mutica Nylander, 1849: 39 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA.
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
 * Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1898c: 126.
 * Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1903b: 315; Emery, 1908e: 456.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908e: 456; Forel, 1911d: 347; Emery, 1912f: 96; Emery, 1921f: 73; Santschi, 1921a: 110; Soudek, 1922: 35; Karavaiev, 1926b: 101; Santschi, 1926f: 291; Soudek, 1931: 8; Santschi, 1934d: 275.
 * Subspecies of structor: Emery, 1898c: 142; Ruzsky, 1903b: 315; Ruzsky, 1904b: 4; Emery, 1915h: 1; Bondroit, 1918: 151; Stärcke, 1926: 86 (in key); Santschi, 1934d: 275; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 82 (in key); Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 671.
 * Subspecies of rufitarsis: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1643 (in key).
 * Junior synonym of rufitarsis: Emery, 1921b: 211; Bernard, 1967: 144.
 * Junior synonym of structor: Mayr, 1855: 464; Nylander, 1856b: 85; Smith, F. 1858b: 162; Roger, 1863b: 29; Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Radchenko, 2007: 31; Legakis, 2011: 11.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 271 (in key); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 514; Borowiec, L. 2014: 110 (error); Steiner et al., 2018: 400.