Messor striaticeps

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - HW 2.46; EL/HW 0.205-0.21. This species is totally black with a strongly striated head and well-developed propodeal spines. The psammophore is weakly developed.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Iraq, Kuwait.

It is found in North Africa, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  striaticeps. Aphaenogaster barbara var. striaticeps André, 1883b: 356 (w.) CAUCASUS. Forel, 1890a: lxix (q.); Karavaiev, 1926b: 102 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953b: 68 (l.). Combination in A. (Messor): Forel, 1890a: lxix; in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1902a: 149; Ruzsky, 1902d: 28; in Messor: Ruzsky, 1905b: 753. Subspecies of barbarus: Forel, 1890a: lxix; Emery, 1891b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 105; of structor: Santschi, 1923f: 318; Karavaiev, 1926b: 101; Karavaiev, 1927c: 261. Raised to species: Bernard, 1955a: 355; Cagniant, 1968a: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 415.