Messor aralocaspius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pheidolini
Genus: Messor
Species: Messor aralocaspius
Subspecies: M. a. aralocaspius – M. a. infumatus

Name

Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, Izv. Turkestansk. Otd. Imp. Russk. Geogr. Obshch. 3(1, 1): 20 (1902)

Synonyms

• Aphaenogaster barbara aralocaspia Ruzsky
• Messor minor aralocaspius var. tamerlani Santschi

References

Primary references

• Ruzsky, M.D. (Рузскiй, М.) 1902. Муравьи окрестностей Аральскаго моря [Ants of the area of the Aral Sea]. Izvestiya Turkestanskago otdela Imperatorskago Russkago geograficheskago obshchestva 3(1, 1): 1–24. (Russian) PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Arnoldi, K.V. 1977. [Survey of harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the fauna of the USSR.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 56: 1637–1648.
• Agosti, D. & C.A. Collingwood. 1987. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60: 51–62.
• Cagniant, H. & X. Espadaler. 1998. Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.) 33: 419–434.