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Messor excursionis (Ruzsky, 1905) valid

Aphaenogaster (Messor) lobuliferus var. excursionis Ruzsky, 1905b: 739 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Kazakhstan: Lake Balkhash, Kulan-basy, 14.ix.1903 (L. Berg), Kazakhstan: Balgurai tract, downstream river Ili, 10.ix.1903 (L. Berg), Turkmenistan (“Zakasniuskaya obl.”): Gyaurs station, 2.v.1889 (A.P. Semenov), Turkmenistan (“Zakasniuskaya obl.”): Repetek station, 15, 29.v.1889 (A.P. Semenov). Primary type depository: ZISP.

[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

Aphaenogaster lobulifera excursionis

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 (1 synonym)

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