Species: Messor hoggarensis

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Messor sublaeviceps st. hoggarensis Santschi, 1929c PDF: 98, fig. 1 (w.q.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: 4 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens. Type-localities: 3 workers, 2 queens Algeria: Hoggar, Oued Ilâmane, 2000 m., 14-15.iii.1928 (de Peyerimhoff), 1 worker Hoggar, Tiguendaoui, 2070 m (de Peyerimhoff). Type-depository: NHMB. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Also described as new by Santschi, 1934f PDF: 166.]

Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 427 (m.)

Subspecies of Messor sublaeviceps: Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165; Santschi, 1939d PDF: 72.

Subspecies of Messor meridionalis: Bernard, 1948 PDF: 140.

Subspecies of Messor instabilis: Bernard, 1950c PDF: 285.

Subspecies of Messor aegyptiacus: Bernard, 1953a PDF: 142 (in key); Délye, 1960 PDF: 262; Bolton, 1995b: 254.

Status as species: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 427; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 197; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 107; Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 16.

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Morocco
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Elevations: collected from 2070 - 2118 meters, 2094 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1928-03-12 00:00:00.0 and 1931-12-31 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Messor hoggarensis: casent0913147; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Messor sublaeviceps hoggarensis oblica: casent0913148

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