MYRMICINAE
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Messor alexandri
Thomé & Thomé
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Z Mahmoodi - 26 -
Chagar Park, 29.x.2015
Ghahari 2011
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor arenarius (Fabricius)
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Ghahari 2011 ?
North African
Image of junior synonym thebaicus
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor caducus Victor
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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
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No type images
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor ceresis Santschi
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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
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
concolor (Emery)
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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
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Range of workers
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
dentatus Santschi
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor denticulatus Santschi
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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
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
ebeninus Santschi
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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)
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor excursionis Ruzsky
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor galla (Mayr)
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Ghahari 2011 ? Doubtful as known only from Africa
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor hebraeus Santschi * |
V H Kia - 50 - Khave, Qom,
1.viii.2014
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor incorruptus
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor intermedius Forel
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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).
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor medioruber Forel
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Ghahari 2009, 2011 ?
North African
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
melancholicus Arnol'di
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor
meridionalis André
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P 2008 S & W
(Collingwood)
Ghahari 2011, 2015
No type images
Specimen at CFH00073 (Firouzi) appears to be a misidentification
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor
minor André |
P 2008 SW (Radchenko)
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor nahali Thomé & Thomé
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R Torabi - 34 - Hafezieh, Shiraz,
29.x.2014
Major worker
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor obscurior Crawley
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor orientalis Emery
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Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Ghahari 2015
Messor CAD01, CDA000057, Tehran, Golhak, German School, 8.vi.2010, D Agosti
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor perantennatus Arnol'di
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P 2010 Alborz
No type images; right is a Radchenko determined worker; ANTWEB1008074 or AntBase.net No. 00876
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor rufotestaceus (Forester)
- no type images
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor semirufus André
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P 2008 SW (Crawley)
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor sultanus Santschi
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Ghahari 2009 ?
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
syriacus Thomé
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor testaceus Donisthorpe
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F Borjali - 24 - Rasht, 28.iv.2014
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor turcmenochorassanicus
Arnol'di
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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
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MYRMICINAE
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Messor variabilis
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky
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P 2010 Alborz, Central
deserts
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MYRMICINAE |
Messor
n sp Torabi 33
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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
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