Messor ponticus

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Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018 valid

Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018: 399, figs. 2, 5ab, bb, cb, db, eb, fb (w.q.m.) BULGARIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Bulgaria: viz. Strouma valley, SW Zemem, 6.x.2004, BG016 (T. Ljubomirov). Primary type depository: NHMW. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: HNHM, NHMW.

Status as species: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 46; Salata & Borowiec, 2019a: 64.

Citations

Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2018c. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 27 (008):1-51. 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF
Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2019a. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of Greek Messor Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 43:52-67. 10.3906/zoo-1809-41 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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