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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Stenammini
›
Messor
›
Messor himalayanus
Messor
himalayanus
(Forel, 1902)
valid
Stenamma (Messor) barbarum r. himalayanum
Forel, 1902c
: 221 (s.w.q.m.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: India: Dharmsala (
Sage
), India: Dharmsala (
Fulton
), India: Kashmir (
Lobinière
), India: Mussories (
G.A.J. Rothney
), India: NW Himalaya, Ton’s Valley, 3500 ft (
Smythies
), India: Panjah, 5000 ft (
Sage
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
[
Stenamma (Messor) barbarum
r.
himalayanum
Forel, 1901m
: 61.
Nomen nudum
.]
[Misspelled as
hymalayanus
by
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a
: 89;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d
: 15.]
Combination in
Messor
:
Bingham, 1903
: 279.
Subspecies of
Messor barbarus
:
Forel, 1903a
: 695;
Forel, 1904d
: 25;
Forel, 1904e
: 175;
Forel, 1906b
: 86;
Emery, 1908f
: 454;
Viehmeyer, 1914b
: 40;
Emery, 1921c
: 70;
Emery, 1922d
: 95;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a
: 89 (in key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d
: 15;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 136.
Subspecies of
Messor structor
:
Santschi, 1923f
: 320 (in text).
Status as species:
Bingham, 1903
: 279;
Stärcke, 1935a
: 261;
Menozzi, 1939a
: 297;
Eidmann, 1942a
: 245;
Collingwood, 1961a
: 60;
Pisarski, 1967a
: 383;
Pisarski, 1970a
: 306;
Arnol'di, 1977b
: 1643 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 254;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012
: 19;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 38;
Rasheed
et al.
, 2019
: 432;
Bodlah
et al.
, 2019
: 5 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Messor barbarus himalayanus
Stenamma barbarum himalayanum
Citations
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
Bharti, H.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
Bodlah, I.
;
Rasheed, M. T.
;
Huang, X.
;
Gull-e-Fareen, A.
;
Siddiqui, J. A.
;
Bodlah, M. A.
2019.
First records of two species of genus
Messor
Forel, 1890 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) along with trophic associations with aphids from Pothwar region of Pakistan.
The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 29 (4):7 pp.
PDF
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
Collingwood, C. A.
1961a ("1960").
The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan.
Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 123:51-79.
PDF
Eidmann, H.
1942a.
Zur Kenntnis der Ameisenfauna des Nanga Parbat.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 75:239-266.
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
Emery, C.
1922d.
Messor barbarus
(L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 54:92-99.
PDF
Forel, A.
1901m.
Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue
Calyptomyrmex
-,
Dacryon
-,
Podomyrma
- und
Echinopla
-Arten.
Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 18:43-82.
PDF
Forel, A.
1902c.
Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:165-249.
PDF
Forel, A.
1903a.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:679-715.
PDF
Forel, A.
1904d.
Miscellanea myrmécologiques.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12:1-52.
PDF
Forel, A.
1904e.
Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 48:168-177.
PDF
Forel, A.
1906b.
Les fourmis de l'Himalaya.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42:79-94.
PDF
Kiran, K.
;
Karaman, C.
2012.
First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 3548:1-38.
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
Menozzi, C.
1939a.
Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 78:285-345.
PDF
Pisarski, B.
1967a.
Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg.
Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24:375-425.
PDF
Pisarski, B.
1970a ("1969").
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym.
Casopis Moravského Musea v Brne 54(Suppl.):305-326.
PDF
Rasheed, M. T.
;
Bodlah, I.
;
Fareen, A. G.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
;
Huang, X.
;
Akbar, S. A.
2019.
A Checklist of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan.
Sociobiology 66:426-439.
10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330
PDF
Santschi, F.
1923f.
Messor
et autres fourmis paléarctiques.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:317-336.
PDF
Stärcke, A.
1935a.
Zoologie. Formicidae.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnissee der Niederländischen Expeditionen in den Karakorum 1:260-269.
PDF
Viehmeyer, H.
1914b ("1913").
Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12):24-60.
PDF
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