Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di

Iran list Type location Turkestan (Messor clivorum turcmenochorassanicus ssp. n. Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639, worker & queen; raised to species by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 227) Hazer Golu, SE Turkey, C Kosswig, 30,vii. 1947 - see below.

Arnol'di's (1950) description is at .

The photomontage of a worker identified as turcmenochorassanicus by A Radchenko, from Iran, is collated from https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1008076. By comparison with the much larger specimen shown below this has to be a minor worker. 

Oxford University Museum specimens

Messor turcmenochorassanicus B Taylor det.

Iran F Borjali 35

15.iv.2014 35°4844°N 51°1033°E 1850 m

Alborz hand collected montane, on ground, 1515h; major worker

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The photomontage is of a major worker collected in Iran by F Borjali (35).