Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 3 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Fabricius, 1775 PDF: 393;
Fabricius, 1782: 491;
Fabricius, 1787 PDF: 308;
Gmelin, 1790 PDF: 2797;
Christ, 1791 PDF: 514;
Olivier, 1792: 495;
Fabricius, 1793 PDF: 356;
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 262;
Fabricius, 1804 PDF: 403;
Lucas, 1849 PDF: 300;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 162;
Roger, 1859 PDF: 253;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (in key);
Smith, 1861a PDF: 35;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 29;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 395;
Emery, 1869b PDF: 17;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 167;
André, 1874c: 195 (in key);
Radoszkowsky, 1876 PDF: 141;
Mayr, 1877a: 13;
Emery, 1877: 373;
Emery, 1878a PDF: x (in list);
Emery, 1878: 56;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 461;
Mayr, 1880 PDF: 33;
Emery, 1880 PDF: 392;
Emery, 1881a PDF: 270;
Emery, 1881b PDF: 534;
André, 1881c PDF: 74;
Emery, 1882b PDF: 451;
Costa, 1883: 60;
André, 1883b: 354 (in key);
André, 1884f: 541;
Emery, 1884: 382;
Forel, 1886e PDF: clxviii;
Forel, 1889 PDF: 257;
Nasonov, 1889: 37;
Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii;
Saunders, 1890 PDF: 204;
Emery, 1891c PDF: 9;
Forel, 1892e PDF: 352;
Forel, 1892j PDF: 316;
Emery, 1892: 112;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 99;
Medina, 1893 PDF: 105;
Forel, 1894d PDF: 31;
Forel, 1895e PDF: 227, 233;
Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 74;
Emery, 1899a PDF: 500;
Forel, 1902a PDF: 148;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 28;
Mayr, 1904b PDF: 5;
Forel, 1904c PDF: 373;
Forel, 1904d PDF: 5;
Forel, 1905e PDF: 176;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 741;
Mayr, 1907b PDF: 14;
Forel, 1907h PDF: 15;
Emery, 1908f PDF: 442 (redescription);
Forel, 1909c PDF: 104;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 495;
Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 62;
Karavaiev, 1911b PDF: 3;
Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 5;
Emery, 1912f PDF: 97;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 141;
Stitz, 1917 PDF: 342;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 152;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 244;
Arnold, 1920a PDF: 405;
Emery, 1921c PDF: 69;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 326;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 63;
Emery, 1924c PDF: 164;
Santschi, 1925g PDF: 341;
Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 3;
Donisthorpe, 1926a PDF: 6;
Karavaiev, 1926b PDF: 99;
Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 287;
Menozzi, 1927b PDF: 90;
Menozzi, 1928a PDF: 127;
Santschi, 1929e PDF: 141;
Finzi, 1929 PDF: 78;
Finzi, 1930b PDF: 15;
Santschi, 1931a: 4;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 69;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 3;
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 100;
Santschi, 1936c PDF: 200;
Finzi, 1939c PDF: 154;
Santschi, 1939c PDF: 2;
Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 267;
Finzi, 1940 PDF: 158;
Weber, 1943d PDF: 303;
Bernard, 1945b PDF: 132;
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1059;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 136;
Ceballos, 1956: 300;
Bernard, 1959a PDF: 346;
Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 87;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 146 (redescription);
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 143;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 62;
Cagniant, 1970a PDF: 416;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 57;
Baroni Urbani, 1976b PDF: 210;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 81 (in key);
Bernard, 1980b PDF: 266;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 271 (in key);
De Haro & Collingwood, 1994 PDF: 99;
Bolton, 1995b: 252;
Mei, 1995 PDF: 761;
Poldi et al., 1995: 3;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 30;
Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 424;
Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 38;
Markó & Csosz, 2002 PDF: 116;
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 197;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 93 (in key);
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 488;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 14;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 102 (see note in bibliography);
Lebas et al., 2016: 290;
Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 18;
Orou et al., 2023 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.09.001 PDF: 50 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Messor binodis:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 162;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (in key);
Smith, 1861a PDF: 35;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 395;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 29;
André, 1874c: 203 (in list);
Emery, 1891c PDF: 12;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 99;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 741;
Emery, 1921c PDF: 69;
Bolton, 1995b: 252.
Senior synonym of
Messor juvenilis:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 162;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (in key);
Smith, 1861a PDF: 35;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 395;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 29;
André, 1874c: 203 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 461;
Emery, 1891c PDF: 12;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 99;
Emery, 1921c PDF: 69;
Bolton, 1995b: 252.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Algeria,
Egypt,
Morocco,
Tunisia Europe: Balearic Islands,
Bulgaria,
France,
Gibraltar,
Italy,
Monaco,
Portugal,
Romania,
Spain Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in Ruderal, 6 times found in Huerto Naranjos, 4 times found in Parque, 4 times found in Urbano, 4 times found in Plantación palmeras, 2 times found in Urbanización (césped), 1 times found in Pinus nigra forest, 2 times found in dry steppe, 2 times found in Encinar (Dehesa), 2 times found in Rural, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 13 times Foraging, 3 times Correteando, 2 times Forrajeando, 3 times Open nest in ground, 2 times Nido bajo piedra, 2 times nbp, 2 times foraging on ground, 2 times Acera al lado cesped, 1 times nido abierto en camino, 1 times Nido abierto, 1 times nido, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 54 times Hand, 12 times search, 2 times Net.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 1060 meters, 414 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1908-11-01 00:00:00.0 and 2020-08-13 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Messor barbarus ambiguus: casent0913160, casent0913161; syntype of Messor barbarus nigriceps: casent0913162
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia
