Messor arenarius ratus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Israel.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor arenarius var. ratus Menozzi, 1933b: 51 (w.) ISRAEL.
 * Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
 * Type-localities: 4 workers Israel: Wadi Muallich (E Bethlehem), 22.ix.1922, no. 119 (F.S. Bodenheimer), 1 worker Israel: Judean desert, 20.iii.1926, no. 177 (F.S. Bodenheimer).
 * Type-depositories: HUJI, IEUB.
 * Subspecies of arenarius: Bolton, 1995b: 256; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42.
 * Distribution: Israel.