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SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Messor
Messor concolor Thomé & Thomé

Messor concolor Thomé & Thomé

return to list Type location Syria (Messor barbarus ssp semirufus var concolor, Emery, 1908e: 1448; Santschi, 1927c: 229, major & minor workers & male; raised to species Thomé, G. & Thomé, H., 1981b: 143, illustrated).

{Messor concolor} {Messor concolor}Emery's (1908e) description is at {original description}.

Egypt record - record in Wheeler & Mann (1916) from Wadi Feran, Sinai.

{Messor concolor}The photomontage of a syntype large media worker (see the Torabi major below) is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904126.

{Messor concolor major}The photomontage is of a major worker from Iran; collector G Abdolfathi (29).

{Messor concolor major}The photomontage is of a large media worker from Iran; collector R Nafisi (09).

{Messor concolor major}The photomontage is of a media worker from Iran; collector G Abdolfathi (29).

{Messor concolor minor}Minor specimen
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