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Checklist for Genus Messor Forel, 1890
and region Palaearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
410
11836
195891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
11835
195891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
11737
195065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
11429
194056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
30
367
5185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
29
366
5184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
234
4985
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
137
2434
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
137
2434
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
55
1338
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
8
324
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusMessor
Forel, 1890
91Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for Palaearctic
1 Genera with 91 Species
Messor Forel, 1910136SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palaearctic
91 Species and 45 Subspecies
Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921
Messor aciculatus Smith, 1874Nuttall cockle
Messor aciculatus risianus Forel, 1922
Messor aegyptiacus Emery, 1878Inflated axinopsid
Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus Donisthorpe, 1944
Messor aegyptiacus felah Santschi, 1923
Messor aegyptiacus phasianicus Bernard, 1953
Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus Santschi, 1923
Messor alexandri Tohme, 1981
Messor antennatus Emery, 1908Grooved fingernailclam
Messor antennatus personatus (Santschi, 1931)⇒ Messor antennatus Emery, 1908
Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967
Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902Green jackknife
Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetsov-Ug..., 1929
Messor arenarius Fabricius, 1787Florida marshclam
Messor arenarius alfierii Santschi, 1938
Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938
Messor arenarius ratus Menozzi, 1933
Messor arenarius thebaicus Santschi, 1912
Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982Mottled fingernailclam
Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767Harvester ant
Messor barbarus gallaoides Santschi, 1929
Messor barbarus mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946
Messor barbarus politus Karavaiev, 1912
Messor barbarus sahlbergi (Forel, 1913)⇒ Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
Messor barbarus santschii Emery, 1908
Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967
Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
Messor boyeri Cagniant, 2006
Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
Messor caducus T. Victor, 1839
Messor caducus glabrescens Arnol´di, 1977
Messor capitatus Latreille, 1798European Seed Harvesting Ant
Messor caviceps Forel, 1902
Messor celiae Reyes, 1985
Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895
Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934Tellin semele
Messor clypeatus Kuznetzov-Ug..., 1927Flat mysella
Messor crawleyi Santschi, 1928
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor desertora He & Song, 2009
Messor diabarensis Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor eglalae Sharaf, 2007
Messor erectus Espadaler, 1998
Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905Oval macoma
Messor excursionis alaschanicus Ruzsky, 1915
Messor excursionis sillemi Staercke, 1935
Messor foreli Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Messor foreli brevispinosus Santschi, 1923
Messor foreli surcoufi Santschi, 1923
Messor fraternus Ruzsky, 1905
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Co..., 1904
Messor grandinidus Emery, 1912
Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor hellenius Agosti & Col..., 1987Banded transennella
Messor himalayanus Forel, 1902
Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919Tennessee riffleshell
Messor hoggarensis Santschi, 1929
Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931Grooved fingernailclam
Messor incorruptus Kuznetzov-Ug..., 1929
Messor inermis Kuznetzov-Ug..., 1929
Messor instabilis Smith, 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor kasakorum Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor kasakorum nadezhdae Arnol´di, 1969
Messor kisilkumensis Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor lamellicornis Arnoldi, 1968
Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894Lilliput
Messor lobicornis batnensis Forel, 1909
Messor lobicornis laurenti Santschi, 1939
Messor lobicornis normandi Santschi, 1918
Messor lobicornis rugulosus Santschi, 1926
Messor lobicornis submuticus Emery, 1908
Messor luridus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor luridus virginalis Santschi, 1927
Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor marikovskii Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Messor medioruber maurus Santschi, 1927
Messor medioruber montanus Santschi, 1927
Messor medioruber postpetiolatus Santschi, 1917
Messor medioruber postquadratus Santschi, 1932
Messor melancholicus Arnoldi, 1977
Messor meridionalis André, 1883
Messor minor André, 1883Cuba transennella
Messor minor calabricus Santschi, 1927
Messor minor capreensis Santschi, 1927
Messor minor hesperius Santschi, 1927
Messor minor laboriosus (Santschi, 1927)⇒ Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969
Messor minor maurus Barquin, 1981
Messor muscatus Collingwood ..., 1996
Messor nahali Tohme, 1981
Messor niloticus Santschi, 1938
Messor nondentatus He & Song, 2009
Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910Elegant dwarf cockle
Messor oertzeni amasiensis Emery, 1921
Messor olegianus Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor orientalis Emery, 1898Fat gaper
Messor perantennatus Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910Milky venus
Messor rufotestaceus Förster, 1850Expanded macoma
Messor rufus Santschi, 1923Flat mysella
Messor rufus striolatus Kuznetsov-Ug..., 1927
Messor rugosus André, 1881Atlantic surfclam
Messor rugosus bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1933
Messor sanctus Emery, 1921Elegant dwarf cockle
Messor semirufus André, 1883Cuba transennella
Messor semirufus emeryi Santschi, 1927
Messor semoni Forel, 1906
Messor striatellus Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor striaticeps André, 1883
Messor striativentris Emery, 1908
Messor striatulus Emery, 1891
Messor structor Latreille, 1798Colorful transennella
Messor structor aegaeus Menozzi, 1928
Messor structor platyceras Crawley, 1920
Messor structor tadzhikorum Arnol´di, 1969
Messor subgracilinodis Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969Pacific eggcockle
Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
Messor timidus Espadaler, 1997
Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnoldi, 1977
Messor valentinae Arnoldi, 1970Colorful transennella
Messor variabilis Kuznetzov-Ug..., 1927Flat mysella
Messor vaucheri Emery, 1908
Messor vicinus Kuznetzov-Ug..., 1927Flat mysella
Messor wasmanni Krauße-Heldr..., 1910Varnished liocyma


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