Messor structor turanicus

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Messor structor turanicus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

Messor structor subsp. turanicus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 91 (in key) (w.) UZBEKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-localities: Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Namangan (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Kazakhstan: Tamerlanovka Dist., Shymkent, Tschulak-kurgan, Ibata, ‘Stadt Turkestan’ (no collector’s name, perhaps Kuznetsov-Ugamsky). Type-depository: ZMUM.

Subspecies of Messor structor: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 14.
Senior synonym of Messor rufitarsis darianus: Santschi, 1927d: 247; Pisarski, 1967a: 383; Pisarski, 1970a: 306; Tarbinsky, 1976: 54; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1644 (in key).
[Note: Santschi, Pisarski, Tarbinsky, and Arnol’di all give Messor rufitarsis darianus as senior synonym, but Messor structor turanicus has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 258).]
Junior synonym of Messor structor: Dlussky et al., 1990: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Radchenko, 2016: 171.

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
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. 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
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
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 27:225-250. PDF
Tarbinsky, Y. S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. [In Russian.]. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. PDF

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