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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Stenammini
›
Messor
›
Messor orientalis
Messor
orientalis
(Emery, 1898)
valid
Stenamma (Messor) structor var. orientalis
Emery, 1898c
: 143 (w.q.m.) LEBANON, TURKEY, GEORGIA, UZBEKISTAN/TURKMENISTAN. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Type-localities: Lebanon: Sarepta (
Christoph
), Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan: Syr Darya (
Stenroos
), Turkey: Mersina (
M. Holtz
), Georgia: Tiflis (
Christoph
). Type-depository:
MSNG
.
Combination in
Messor
:
Ruzsky, 1903b
: 315;
Emery, 1908f
: 456.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Emery, 1908f
: 456;
Forel, 1910a
: 9;
Karavaiev, 1911a
: 67;
Forel, 1911f
: 347;
Emery, 1912f
: 96;
Wheeler & Mann, 1916
: 170;
Donisthorpe, 1918c
: 166;
Emery, 1921b
: 212;
Emery, 1921c
: 73;
Santschi, 1926f
: 292;
Menozzi, 1933b
: 54;
Santschi, 1934d
: 275;
Zimmermann, 1934
: 67;
Santschi, 1939c
: 6.
Junior synonym of
Messor structor
:
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d
: 12
Junior synonym of
Messor rufitarsis darianus
:
Pisarski, 1967a
: 383;
Pisarski, 1969b
: 306
Subspecies of
Messor structor
:
Ruzsky, 1903b
: 315;
Menozzi, 1933b
: 56 (in key);
Zimmermann, 1935
: 15;
Aktaç, 1977
: 120;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014
: 134 (error).
Status as species:
Collingwood, 1961a
: 61;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 1981
: 150;
Collingwood, 1985
: 251;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a
: 54;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b
: 271 (in key);
Kugler, 1988
: 257;
Collingwood, 1993b
: 194;
Bolton, 1995b
: 256;
Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002
: 7;
Petrov, 2006
: 92 (in key);
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010
: 42;
Legakis, 2011
: 11;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012
: 515;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 45;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012
: 20;
Nezhad
et al.
, 2012
: 70;
Borowiec, 2014
: 110;
Lebas
et al.
, 2016
: 298;
Borowiec & Salata, 2020
: 11;
Salata
et al.
, 2023
: 223 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Stenamma structor orientalis
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;
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1987a.
A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:51-62.
PDF
Agosti, D.
;
Collingwood, C. A.
1987b.
A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) with a key to the worker caste. II. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:261-293.
PDF
Aktaç, N.
1977 ("1976").
Studies on the myrmecofauna of Turkey I. Ants of Siirt, Bodrum and Trabzon.
Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Mecmuasi. Seri B 41:115-135.
PDF
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1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
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Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
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2012.
Ants of Greece – checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
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PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
Salata, S.
2020.
Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan.
Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 29(002):1-29.
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PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1961a ("1960").
The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan.
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PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1985.
Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia.
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1993b.
A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands.
Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20:191-197.
PDF
Collingwood, C.
;
Heatwole, H.
2002 ("2000").
Ants from northwestern China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Psyche (Cambridge) 103:1-24.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1918c.
A list of ants from Mesopotamia; with a description of a new species and a new variety.
Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 30:165-167.
PDF
Emery, C.
1898c.
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen.
Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 20:124-151.
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.
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
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1911a ("1910").
Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan.
Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 39:1-72.
PDF
Kiran, K.
;
Karaman, C.
2012.
First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 3548:1-38.
PDF
Kugler, J.
1988.
The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai.
Monographiae Biologicae 62:251-275.
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
Lebas, C.
;
Galkowski, C.
;
Blatrix, R.
;
Wegnez, P.
2016.
Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale.
Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
Legakis, A.
2011.
Annotated list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece.
Hellenic Zoological Archives 7:1-55.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1933b.
Le formiche della Palestina.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 12:49-113.
PDF
Nezhad, S. H.
;
Rad, S. P.
;
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;
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2012.
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PDF
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2006.
The ants of Serbia and Montenegro. [In Serbian.].
Posebna Izdanja. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti 656:1-136.
PDF
Pisarski, B.
1967a.
Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg.
Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24:375-425.
PDF
Pisarski, B.
1969b.
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Ruzsky, M.
1903b.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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2023.
The genus
Messor
Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus.
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PDF
Santschi, F.
1926f.
Travaux scientifiques de l'Armée d'Orient (1916-1918). Fourmis.
Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 32:286-293.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1934d.
Fourmis d'une croisière.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 74:273-282.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1939c.
Trois notes sur quelques fourmis du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.
Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 15(14):1-15.
PDF
Tohmé, G.
;
Tohmé, H.
1981.
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en Syrie. Position systématique. Description de quelques ailés et de formes nouvelles. Répartition géographique.
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PDF
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;
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2014.
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PDF
Vonshak, M.
;
Ionescu-Hirsch, A.
2010 ("2009").
A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Israel Journal of Entomology 39:33-55.
PDF
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;
Mann, W. M.
1916.
The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:167-174.
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1934.
Liste der von Prof. Dr. F. Werner im Jahre 1932 auf den Ägäischen Inseln gesammelten Formiciden.
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1935 ("1934").
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