Messor dentatus Santschi
 Iran list  Type location Israel
(Messor barbarus L. subsp. semirufus André v.
dentata
n. var., Forel, 1910a: 10; worker, male & queen; M. semirufus André v. dentatus (Forel) by Santschi,
1927c: 228, illustrated; raised to species Thomé & Thomé, 1981:
143) Jerusalem; Shmitz - see below.
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 Forel's brief note (Forel, 1910a) is at  . Santschi's illustrated note (Santschi,
1927c) is at  .
Santschi's (1929e) description of Messor semirufus André v.
nigriceps n. var. is at  .
Thomé & Thomé's (1981) illustrated
description is at  . They report variation
in colour from brick-red to wine red or even darker.
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 The photomontage of the type major is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0907733
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 The photomontage of nigriceps
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0900483
Thomé & Thomé (1981) had HW/HL 1.117, SL/HL 0.81,
alitrunk/body TL 0.37, EL/HL 0.19 (1981)
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 The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0281607
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Messor dentatus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
R Nafisi
12
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16.x.2012
36°38'N
57°04'E
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Joghatay-Sabzevar-Khorasan
4482 ft
Garden field
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5
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Messor dentatus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
S Moradloo
05
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27.vi.2013
36.77°N
47.923°E
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Nasir Abad
2164 m 25°C
Desert
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4
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Messor dentatus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
E Aram
27
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25.vii.2012
37.15°N
48.25°E
700 m |
Nemahil
700 m
hand collected, village farm
major & minima workers
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Messor dentatus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
F Heidary
11
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5.x.2013
27.38°N
52.29°E
447 m
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Sayyedhashemi
hand collected
near farm; on soil
media and minor workers
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3
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 Iran
finding - the photomontage is of a major worker collected by S
Moradloo (05).
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 Iran
finding - the photomontage is of a media worker collected by R
Nafisi (12), Joghatay-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 16.x.2012.
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 The photomontage is of a
major worker from Iran, Nemahil; collected by E Aram (27).
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 The photomontage is of a
minima worker from Iran, Nemahil; collected by E Aram (27).
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