Messor excursionis Ruzsky

Iran list Type location Kazakhstan (Messor lobuliferus Em. var. excursionis nov. var., Ruzsky, 1905b: 739, worker;  raised to species: Karavaiev, 1911a: 68, illustrated). see below.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Messor excursionis alaschanicus (Messor excursionis Ruzsky subsp. alaschanicus sub. sp. nov. Ruzsky, 1915a: 442, illustrated, worker), Messor excursionis sillemi (Stärcke, 1935a: 262, unavailable);

Ruzsky's (1905b) description is at . Karavaiev's (1915) illustrated description is at . Ruzsky's (1915a) illustrated description of meridionalis is at .

Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1646 (in Russian) appears to use the sharply angled lobe at the base of the scape as a diagnostic criterium; see . Arnol'di, 1970a: 86 (q.m.) is a short unillustrated description of the queen and male.

Karavaiev's (1911a) illustration (right) of the type form.

The photomontage of a major (?) worker from Iran is collated from https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1008072.