Messor erectus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor erectus Espadaler, in Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998: 430, figs. 26, 41 (w.m.) MOROCCO.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 15 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Morocco: High Atlas of Marrakech, Tizgui, nr Amezmiz, 1400 m., 9.v.1983 (X. Espadaler); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MNHN (holotype); XEPC (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 197; Borowiec, L. 2014: 105; Barech, et al. 2020: 16.
 * Distribution: Morocco.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
 * Cagniant, H., and X. Espadaler. "Le genre Messor au Maroc." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 33 (4) (1998): 419-434.
 * Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.