Messor ebeninus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Montenegro, Oman.

It is known to occur in the Middle East (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  ebeninus. Messor semirufus var. ebeninus Santschi, 1927c: 229 (w.) LEBANON. [First available use of Messor barbarus subsp. semirufus var. ebenina Forel, 1910a: 10; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1936: 160 (q.). Raised to species: Tohmé, G. 1971: 569. Junior synonym of semirufus: Baroni Urbani, 1974: 227. Revived from synonymy: Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 1981: 142; Collingwood, 1985: 249. See also: Tohmé, G. 1975: 171.

Additional References

 * Abdul-Rassoul, M.S., Ali, H.B. & Augul, R.SH. 2013. New Records of Unidentified Ants worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum with key to Species. Adv. Biores., Vol 4 (2): 27-33.