Messor syriacus Thomé
 Iran list  Type location Syria
(Messor syriacus Thomé, 1969: 9, worker & male; from unavailable name Messor minor André stirps laboriosus Sants. v. syriacus
n. v., Santschi,
1927c: 241) Damascus, also Coutajie Gadeau de
Kerville - see below.
Junior synonym mediosanguineus (Messor barbarus L. subsp. mediosanguineus subsp. n.
Donisthorpe, 1946a: 53,
workers; synonymy Thomé & Thomé, 1981: 145) type location Turkey
(Kosswig) - see below.
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 Santschi's (1927c) description is at  . Thomé (1969) gave a very brief desciption
of the male. A fuller illustrated description of the species by
Thomé & Thomé (1981: 145) is at 
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 The photomontage of the type
worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0913178.
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 The photomontage of the type
worker of mediosanguineus is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0900484.
Donisthorpe's minimal description (1946a) is "Major
& minor workers. Head and gaster shining black, mandibles and
thorax blood red, petiole and postpetiole blackish, apex of former
reddish, legs and antennae brown. Head with larger and smaller
scattered punctures; hairs beneath head sparse and uneven, some fairly
long. Thorax transversely striate. Epinotum armed with two short
pointed teeth. Long. 4-6.5 mm. Described from 21 specimens. TURKEY
(Kosswig). Type in British Museum (Natural History)". [Donisthorpe, H.
1946c. A new subspecies of Messor
Forel, and a new variety of Aphaenogaster
Mayr (Hym. Formicidae) from Turkey. Proceedings
of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 15, 53-54]
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Messor syriacus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
M Safariyan
23
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2.vii.2014
35.28256°N
47.90785°E
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Babagorgor Village
1910 m
pitfall trap; near sulphurous water |
1
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Messor syriacus
B Taylor det. |
Iran
Torabi
32
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29.x.2014
29.62561°N
52.55893°E
1549 m
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Hafezieh, Shiraz
hand collected
garden, soil; 12:37 h
media & minor workers
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2
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 Iran
finding - the photomontage is of a media worker; collected by
Roshanak Torabi (32).
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 Iran
finding - the photomontage is of a minor worker; collected by
Roshanak Torabi (32).
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 Iran
finding - the photomontage is of a media worker collected by M
Safariyan (23).
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