Miscellaneous
ants - Iran SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Messor Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
Iran list Type location Kazakhstan
(Messor barbarusaegyptiacus
Emery var. incorruptus nov.
var., Ruzsky, 1905b: 751, worker; Messor barbarusincorruptus, Ruzsky, 1905, in
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d:
16, worker; junior synonym of Messor
caducus: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Donisthorpe, 1941: 238; revived
from synonymy as subspecies of Messor
semirufus and senior synonym of Messor hamulifera: Arnol'di, 1977b:
1640.raised to species
by Bernard, 1981b: 45, name only, with report of single specimen from
Tangier) no images on Antweb (August 2017).
Ruzsky's
(1905b) description is at . Karavaiev's
(1926b) illustrated note is at .
Kuznetsov's
(1929d) note is at .
Thomé &
Thomé's
(1981) illustrated note is at .
The image of a worker labelled Messor cf incorruptus is collated from Antbase.net No 00811; Iran, Baneh, Summer 2004, Shain Mostafi, det. A Radchenko.
The postpetiole shape in profile and the pronounced propodeal teeth are at odds with the Thomé &
Thomé
(1981) illustration and more akin to Messor dentatus.
Iran list
Ruzsky's
(1905b) description is at 
The image of a worker labelled