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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Stenammini
›
Messor
›
Messor clivorum
Messor
clivorum
(Ruzsky, 1905)
valid
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
Aphaenogaster structor clivorum
Messor barbarus clivorum
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
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1976.
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PDF
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