Aphaenogaster (Messor) structor var. clivorum
Ruzsky, 1905b:
735 (s.w.)
RUSSIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Steiner et al., 2018: supplementary material, 6). Primary type locality: Russia: Kazanskaya gub., Chistopodsk, 8.vii.1892 (Ruzsky?) (by designation of Steiner et al., 2018: supplementary material, 6). Primary type depositories: MSNG (lectotype); ZMUM (original syntypes).
Type notes:
Other syntype localities: Russia: Samarsk, Buzuluksk, vi.1893 (Gordyagin), Russia: Stavropol, 12.vi.1899 (no collector’s name), Russia: Simbirsk, Lyakhovki, 1894 (no collector’s name), Moldova: Bessarabia, Shalbolats, 1904 (Brauner).
- Lectotype designation: Steiner et al., 2018: supplementary material, 6.
- Emery, 1921b: 211 (footnote) (q.); Karavaiev, 1927a: 286 (q.m.)
- Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908f: 454
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1923f: 320; Karavaiev, 1927a: 286; Karavaiev, 1927d: 261 (in key); Karavaiev, 1934: 108.
- Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Emery, 1908f: 454; Forel, 1910a: 24; Forel, 1911f: 347; Emery, 1912f: 96; Emery, 1915f: 1; Santschi, 1917e: 92; Emery, 1921c: 70; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 136.
- Junior synonym of Messor structor: Dlussky et al., 1990: 224; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Arakelian, 1994: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Legakis, 2011: 11; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 20; Radchenko, 2016: 171.
- Status as species: Emery, 1921b: 210 (footnote); Schkaff, 1925b: 274; Arnol'di, 1948a: 211 (in list); Dlussky, 1962: 179; Tarbinsky, 1976: 56 (redescription); Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 671; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key); He & Song, 2009: 722; Steiner et al., 2018: supplementary material, 6.
Obsolete combinations
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- M. c. sevani Arnol'di, 1977
Citations
- Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). [In Russian.]. Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. PDF
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1948a. Ants of Talysh and the Diabar depression. Their importance for the characterization of communities of terrestrial invertebrates and for historical analysis of the fauna. [In Russian.]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta. Akademiya Nauk SSSR 7(2):206-262. PDF
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 56:1637-1648. PDF
- Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) 1978. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. [In Russian.]. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584.
- Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. [In Bulgarian.]. Fauna na Bûlgariya 22:1-310.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
- Dlussky, G. M. 1962. Ants of the northern slopes of the Talasskii Alatau range. [In Russian.]. Trudy Instituta Zoologii. Akademiya Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR 18:177-188. PDF
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908:437-465. PDF
- Emery, C. 1912f. Der Wanderzug der Steppen- und Wüstenameisen von Zentral-Asien nach Süd-Europa und Nord-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplement 15("Erster Band"):95-104. PDF
- Emery, C. 1915f. Escursioni zoologiche del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Isola di Rodi. XII. Formiche. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 30(701):1-7. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921b. Formiche raccolte a Budrum (Anatolia) da Raffaele Varriale, Cap. medico nella R. Marina. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 49[=(3)9]:208-218. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:6-32. PDF
- Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 47:331-400. PDF
- Gratiashvili, N.; Barjadze, S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23:130-146. PDF
- Hamann, H. H. F.; Klemm, W. 1976. Ergebnisse der von Dr. O. Paget und Dr. E. Kritscher auf Rhodos durchgeführten zoologischen Exkursionen. XVI. Formicidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 80:669-679. PDF
- He, D.-H.; Song, L. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2:720-725. PDF
- Karavaiev, V. 1927a ("1926"). Übersicht der Ameisenfauna der Krim nebst einigen Neubeschreibungen. Konowia 5:281-303. PDF
- Karavaiev, V. 1927d. The ant fauna of Ukraine. [In Ukrainian.]. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 2:1-52 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 4:247-296].
- Karavaiev, V. 1934. The fauna of the family Formicidae (ants) of the Ukraine. [In Ukrainian.]. Trudy Instytutu Zoolohii ta Biolohii Vseukrains'koi Akademii Nauk. Seriya 1. Pratsi z Systematyky ta Faunistyky 1934:1-164.
- Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548:1-38. PDF
- Legakis, A. 2011. Annotated list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece. Hellenic Zoological Archives 7:1-55. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.
- Santschi, F. 1917e. Races et variétés nouvelles du Messor barbarus L. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 8:89-94. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1923f. Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:317-336. PDF
- Schkaff, B. 1925b. Fourmis de Macédoine, récoltées par le Professeur J. Komarek. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1925:273-276. PDF
- Steiner, F. M.; Csősz, S.; Markó, B.; Gamisch, A.; Rinnhofer, L.; Folterbauer, C.; Hammerle, S.; Stauffer, C.; Arthofer, W.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127:387-404. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005 PDF
- Tarbinsky, Y. S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. [In Russian.]. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. PDF
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
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