Species: Messor foreli

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Messor aegyptiacus var. foreli Santschi, 1923f PDF: 322, fig. 1a,b (w.) TUNISIA. Palearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Tunisia: Tozeur, 1909 (Aumont). Type-depository: NHMB. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Subspecies of Messor aegyptiacus: Santschi, 1928f PDF: 203; Menozzi, 1929f: 125; Santschi, 1932c PDF: 519; Menozzi, 1932c PDF: 94; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 158; Santschi, 1936e: 81; Santschi, 1938a PDF: 31; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 159; Bernard, 1948 PDF: 138; Bernard, 1953a PDF: 142 (in key); Délye, 1960 PDF: 262; Cagniant, 1970a PDF: 416.

Status as species: Bernard, 1981b: 143; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 317; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 428; Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 51; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 197; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 426; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 105 (see note in bibliography); Borowiec & Salata, 2020 10.5281/zenodo.3733156 PDF: 11; Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 15.

Senior synonym of Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 428.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
    Asia: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Mohamed, S., Zalat, S. & Fadl, H., 2001, Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt., Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3, pp. 40-61

Messor foreli SantschiHNS, 1923

Messor aegyptiacus var foreli SantschiHNS, 1923: Rev. Suisse Zool.30: 322.

Messor foreli SantschiHNS: Bernard, 1981, Syst. Assoc. Spec.l9:143.

World distribution: Tunisia & Egypt.

Distribution in Egypt: Sinai.

Material examined: Sahab: 14.XI.1998 (1); El-Mafareq: 1.IV.1998 (7), 2.V.1998 (9), 10.VIII.1998 (10), 14.XI.1998 (11), 18.11.1999 (11) (Ain Coll.).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in Desert, 2 times found in Desert, Cultives, 1 times found in Dunes, 1 times found in Dunes, Tamarix.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times Nest, 2 times Mound nest, 1 times Foraging, 1 times nest under stone, 1 times Nest in palm roots.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 8 times Hand.

Elevations: collected from 750 - 810 meters, 784 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1909-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 2017-05-21 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Messor foreli surcoufi: casent0913149, casent0913150; syntype of Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus: casent0913145, casent0913146

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Species: Messor foreli Santschi, 1923

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