Messor testaceus

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a moist littoral area.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Syria, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950c: 68 (s.w.) TURKEY.
 * Type-material: 11 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Turkey: Hazer Gölü, 30.vii.1947, nos 102, 110 (C. Kosswig).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 258; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 21; Borowiec, L. 2014: 113.
 * Distribution: Turkey.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bernard, F.. "Messor carthaginensis n. sp., de Tunis, et révision des Messor du groupe barbara (Hym. Formicidae)." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 84 (1980): 265-269.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1950. Two more new ants from Turkey. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 62: 68-69.
 * Forel, A.. "Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21 (1913): 427-438.
 * Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.