Messor excursionis
(Ruzsky, 1905)
valid
Aphaenogaster (Messor) lobuliferus var. excursionis
Ruzsky, 1905b:
739 (w.)
KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-localities: Kazakhstan: Balkhash, Kulan-basy, 14.ix.1903 (Berg), Kazakhstan: Balgurai, 10.ix.1903 (Berg), Turkmenistan: Zakasniuskaya obl., Gyaurs, 2.v.1889 (A. Semenov). Type-depository: ZMUM.
- [Misspelled as excurisionus by He & Song, 2009: 723.]
- Arnol'di, 1970a: 86 (q.m.)
- Subspecies of Messor lobulifera: Emery, 1908f: 459 (footnote).
- Status as species: Karavaiev, 1911a: 68; Ruzsky, 1915a: 442; Emery, 1921c: 74; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 94 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 12; Stärcke, 1935a: 262; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 137; Pisarski, 1967a: 382; Arnol'di, 1970a: 86; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1646 (in key); Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Dlussky et al., 1990: 221; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz et al., 2006: 206; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; He & Song, 2009: 723; Paknia et al., 2010: 32; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45; Borowiec, 2014: 105 (see note in bibliography).
Obsolete combinations
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- M. e. alaschanicus Ruzsky, 1915
- M. e. fraternus (Ruzsky, 1905)
- M. e. sillemi Stärcke, 1935
Citations
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49:72-88. 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
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
- 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. 1981b. Desert ants. [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka, 230 pp. 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. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. 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. 1911a ("1910"). Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 39:1-72. PDF
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927a. Vorläufige Uebersicht über die mittelasiatischen Formen der Gattung Messor (Hym., Form.). Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1:89-94. PDF
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929d. The ants of the genus Messor in the fauna of Middle Asia. [In Russian.]. Acta Universitatis Asiae Mediae. Series VIIIa Zoologia 6:1-25. PDF
- Paknia, O.; Radchenko, A.; Pfeiffer, M. 2010. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3:29-38. PDF
- Pfeiffer, M.; Schultz, R.; Radchenko, A.; Yamane, S.; Woyciechowski, M.; Aibek, U.; Seifert, B. 2007. A critical checklist of the ants of Mongolia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:1-8. PDF
- Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24:375-425. PDF
- 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.
- Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. [In Russian.]. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya 20:418-444. PDF
- Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. [In Russian.]. Izvestiya Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta 72(2nd part):1-6.
- Schultz, R.; Radchenko, A.; Seifert, B. 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:201-207. PDF
- Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnissee der Niederländischen Expeditionen in den Karakorum 1:260-269. PDF
Extant: 3 valid subspecies
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