See Also:
Messor caducus glabrescens
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 100;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 28;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 754;
Kolossov, 1932 PDF: 118;
Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1638, 1641 (in key);
Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 426;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 54;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 271 (in key);
Baroni Urbani et al., 1989 PDF: 291;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 121;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 34;
Bolton, 1995b: 253;
Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 154;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 139;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 14;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 9;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 512;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 103 (see note in bibliography).
Material of the unavailable name Messor semirubra referred here by
Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1638.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Armenia Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Treatment Citation: Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Alipanah, H., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran., Myrmecologische Nachrichten 11, pp. 151-159
Messor caducusHNS (Victor, 1839)
North, Northwest and South Iran.
Det. Cook
ALIPANAH & al. (1995), PAKNIA & KAMI (2007), z, ZMMU
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in mountain plateau.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times under stone.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Hand.
Elevations: collected from 2 - 1034 meters, 518 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1982-04-12 and 2011-05-03
Type specimens: syntype of Messor semirufus semirubra: casent0916937
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