Contents Ants from Iran - MYRMICINAE - Messor

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Notes: Wherever possible the thumbnails are of major workers. Species are shown on linked pages. These are in one of three formats - "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa" pages; "Ants of Egypt" pages; "Ants from Iran" pages.

¤ = compared with type images (or type of subspecies, etc.)


MYRMICINAE
Messor alexandri Thomé & Thomé
Z Mahmoodi - 26 -
Chagar Park, 29.x.2015

Ghahari 2011
Messor alexandri
MYRMICINAE
Messor arenarius (Fabricius)
Ghahari 2011 ?
North African

Image of junior synonym thebaicus
Messor arenarius thebaicus
MYRMICINAE
Messor caducus Victor
P 2008 N, NW, S (Cook) see ANTWEB1008069 or AntBase.net No. 00854.
This cannot be checked against a type specimen but differ from a specimen at CASENT0010637, from Kalmykia in Russia. and seems more likely to be 
No type images
MYRMICINAE
Messor ceresis Santschi
V H Kia - Kokab, Qom, 9.v.2014
F Borjali - Anzali, 28.iv.2014
F Jazini - 04 - Behesht-Zahra Park, 5.ix.2015

Nezhad et al (2015) Messor IR07, CFH000044, Mazandaran, Babol Park, 1.iv.2009, F Firouzi
Messor ceresis
MYRMICINAE Messor concolor (Emery)
O Paknia - ZMGU 558 - Miankaleh
R Nafisi - 09 - Neghab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 15.x.2012
G Abolfathi - 29 - Goldasht Garden,  Borujer, 26.iv.2013, and, 30 - Dorahi, Borujerd, 6.ix.2013
V H Kia - Alavi Park, Qom, 9.v.2014
R Afshari - 52 - Komeh, Semirom, 14.v.2014
Z Mahmoodi - 37 -
Chagar Forest Park, 29.x.2015
M Seiri - 20 & 21 -
F Jazini - 08 - Lavisan Park, 22.v.2015; 30 - Taleghani Park, 9.vii.2015; 31 - Niavaran Park, 6.vi.2015

P 2008 N (Taylor)

Messor sp 4; CDA000110, Isfahan Natanz, ix.2011, Kh Nasiri
Messor concolor major Range of workers
MYRMICINAE Messor dentatus Santschi
R Nafisi - 12 - Joghatay-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 16.x.2012
S Moradloo - 05, Nasir Abad, 27.vi.2013
E Aram - 27 - Nemahil, 25.vii.2012
F Heidary - 11 - Sayyedhashemi, 5.x.2013

P 2008 N (Collingwood)

Range of workers
Messor dentatus
MYRMICINAE
Messor denticulatus Santschi
R Afshari - 51 - Mehr Gered, Semirom, 15.v.2014

P 2008 N (Radchenko) - see AntBase.net No. 00882; 3616, Golestan, Gorgana

Ghahari 2009, 2015

Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), forest mountains, Shandiz Town
Messor denticulatus
MYRMICINAE Messor ebeninus Santschi
R Nafisi - 22 - Davarsan-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 29.vi.2012
E Aram - 28 - Hashtjin, 13.v.2012, 31 - Nemahil, 11.vii.2012
Z Mahmoodi - 20 & 21 - Javan-Mardan-e-Iran Park, 16.x.2015

Range of workers

P 2008 SW, N (Collingwood)
Messor ebeninus major
MYRMICINAE
Messor excursionis Ruzsky
P 2010 Central deserts; image is a Radchenko identified non-type, see AntBase.net No.00589; Kavir NP, 4.v.2008-7.v.2008, O Paknia
Messor excursionis
MYRMICINAE
Messor galla (Mayr)
Ghahari 2011 ? Doubtful as known only from Africa
Messor galla
MYRMICINAE
Messor hebraeus Santschi * V H Kia - 50 - Khave, Qom, 1.viii.2014
Messor hebraeus major
MYRMICINAE
Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
P 2008 W (Radchenko) - see 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.

No type photos
Messor incorrptus
MYRMICINAE
Messor intermedius Forel
P 2008 S (Radchenko) - see Antweb1008073 or Antbase.net No 00879; "Messor intermedius", Iran, Kavir NP, 7.v.2008, O Paknia, det. A Radchenko.
This however exactly matches the minor worker of Messor ebeninuus (see above).
Messor intermedius
MYRMICINAE
Messor medioruber Forel
Ghahari 2009, 2011 ?

North African
Messor medioruber
MYRMICINAE Messor melancholicus Arnol'di
F Safariyan - 24 - Saral Field, 5.ii.2014
R Torabi - 31 - Beheshti, Shiraz, 4.v.2014
M Ghatei - 47 - Shaft, Guilan, 14.v.2015; 57 - Anzali, Guilan, 18.viii.2015
F Borjali - 25 - Alborz, 15.iv.2014

Major & media workers

Messor sp 17, CDA000115, Isfahan Kashan, Qohrud, 11.v.2012, Kh Nasiri
Messor melancholicus
MYRMICINAE
Messor meridionalis André
P 2008 S & W (Collingwood)

Ghahari 2011, 2015

No type images

Specimen at CFH00073 (Firouzi) appears to be a misidentification

MYRMICINAE
Messor minor André P 2008 SW (Radchenko)
Messor minor
MYRMICINAE
Messor nahali Thomé & Thomé
R Torabi - 34 - Hafezieh, Shiraz, 29.x.2014

Major worker
Messor nahali major
MYRMICINAE
Messor obscurior Crawley
E Aram - 26 - Jafarabad, 30.v.2012
G Abolfathi - 35 - Fial, Borujerd, 26.vii.2013
F Heidary - 10 - Torman, 5.ii.2013
Z Mahmoodi - 12 - Pardisan Forest Park, 20.iv.2015

Major & minima workers
Messor obscurior major
MYRMICINAE
Messor orientalis Emery
Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.

Ghahari 2015

Messor CAD01, CDA000057, Tehran, Golhak, German School, 8.vi.2010, D Agosti


Messor orientalis
MYRMICINAE
Messor perantennatus Arnol'di
P 2010 Alborz

No type images; right is a Radchenko determined worker; ANTWEB1008074 or AntBase.net No. 00876
Messor perantennatus
MYRMICINAE
Messor rufotestaceus (Forester) - no type images
R Torabi - 36 - Sadieh Shiraz, 6.v.2014
R Afshari - 54 - Komer, Semirom, 16.iv.2015

Major & minor workers

P 2008 S & SW (Radchenko, Collingwood) -see ANTWEB1008075 or AntBase.net No. 00884; Fars, Shiraz, ii.2002, indoor, O Paknia

Ghahari 2011
Messor rufotestaceus
MYRMICINAE
Messor semirufus André
P 2008 SW (Crawley)
Messor semirufus
MYRMICINAE Messor structor (Latreille) (subspecies) R Nafisi - 14 - Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 27.xii.2012; major & minor workers
E Aram - 25 - Kazaj, 21.vii.2012
M Seiri - 19 - queen; 23 -
F Borjali - 27 - Anzali, 28.iv.2014; 30 - Anzali, 28.iv.2014
F Jazini - 09 - Qeytariyeh Park; 18 - Fadaeian Eslam Park, 24.vii.2015

Major & minor workers

P 2008 N & NW (Radchenko) - see AntBase.net No. 00857 (minor worker); Golestan, Piregerd Mnt., 3.vi.2005, O Paknia

Nezhad et al (2015) as "Messor rufitarsis" IR09 (not imaged on Antweb), CFH000028 (minor worker, head and lateral scales conflict), Zanjan, 8.viii.2008, S H Nezhad
Messor structor major
MYRMICINAE
Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di
P 2010 Central deserts - see AntBase.net No. 00814, minor worker, Turan, 9.v.2008, O Paknia, det. O Paknia (lower image right)
No type images

Messor subgracilinodis
Messor subgracilinodis
MYRMICINAE
Messor sultanus Santschi
Ghahari 2009 ?
Messor sultanus
MYRMICINAE Messor syriacus Thomé
F Safariyan - 23 - Babargorgor Village, 2.vii.2014
R Torabi - 32 - Hafezieh, Shiraz, 29.x.2014
Z Mahmoodi - 30 - Shohadaye-Khalij-e-Frars Lake, 2.viii.2016

Range of workers

Nezhad et al (2015) as "Messor orientalis IR069 (not imaged on Antweb), CFH000026 (media worker), Zanjan, 8.viii.2009, S H Nezhad
Messor syriacus major
MYRMICINAE
Messor testaceus Donisthorpe
F Borjali - 24 - Rasht, 28.iv.2014
Messor testaceus
MYRMICINAE
Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di
F Borjali - 35 - Alborz, 15.iv.2014
F Jazini - 25 - Pirouzi Park, 23.ix.2015

P 2010 Caspian, Alborz; see Antbase.net No. 00590 or ANTWEB1008076; "Messor sp 1", Dena PA, Highland 1, vii.2007

No type images
Messor turcmenochorassicus
MYRMICINAE
Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
P 2010 Alborz, Central deserts
Messor variabilis
MYRMICINAE Messor n sp Torabi 33
R Torabi - 33  Beheshti, 4.v.2014 - media worker
R Afshari - 53 - Davazdah Emam, Semirom, 16.v.2014, major worker

Base of gaster first tergite longitudinally striate
Messor Torabi 33

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