Messor melancholicus Arnol'di

Iran list Type location Azerbaijan (Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639, simple use of name in description of schelkovnikovi (below); from unavailable name Messor structor Latr. subsp. striaticeps Er. Andre var. melancholica nov., Karavaiev, 1926b: 104) Gouv, Elisabethpo (Elisabethpol Governate, now Ganja), 23.iv.1911, Woronow & Popow - see below.
Junior synonym schelkovnikovi (Messor melancholicus schelkovnikovi ssp. n., Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639, worker & queen; synonymy by Arakelian, 1994: 36) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (August 2015).

Karavaiev's (1926b) description is at . Arnol'di (1977b) wrote almost nothing on schelkovnikovi.

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0913198

Oxford University Museum specimens

Messor melancholicus B Taylor det.	Iran M Safariyan 24	5.ii.2014 35.78872°N 47.03828°E	Saral field 1800 m pitfall trap road side	1
Messor melancholicus B Taylor det.	Iran Torabi 31	04.v.2014 29.71699°N 52.44384°E 1699 m	Beheshti, Shiraz hand collected field, on tree; 12:15 h major worker	1
Messor melancholicus B Taylor det.	Iran M Ghatei 47	14.v.2015 37.16°N 49.25°E 14 m	Shaft, Guilan hand collected village farm 1830h	1
Messor melancholicus B Taylor det.	Iran M Ghatei 57	18.viii.2015 37.47°N 49.46°E -22 m	Anzali, Guilan hand collected near beach, on ground 1315h	1
Messor melancholicus B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 25	15.iv.2014 35°4844°N 51°1033°E 1850 m	Alborz hand collected montane, on ground, 1530h	1

The photomontage is of a major worker from Iran, Beheshti, Shiraz; collector Roshanak Torabi (24).

The photomontage is of a media worker from Iran, Saral field; collector M Safariyan (24), Saral Field, 5.ii.2014. Location about 5°S of type location.