The steppe reaper ant [3] , or the European reaper ant [4] ( lat. Messor structor ) is a species of monogynous reaper ant of the genus Messor ( tribe Pheidolini , subfamily Mirmitsyna ). Under the name Messor clivorum Ruzsky is included in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan [5] [6] [7] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 View sizes
- 3 Taxonomy
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Distribution
In a narrow taxonomic volume (since 2018) it is found in European countries such as Austria , Bulgaria , Czech Republic , France , Hungary , Romania , Slovenia [2] . In the old broad taxonomic Messor “structor” volume (before dividing into 5 species) was widespread in the Western Palaearctic. It occurs in the countries of the Mediterranean , Southern and Eastern Europe , the Caucasus , Central and Central Asia, Afghanistan , Iran and Iraq , Lebanon , Syria , and Israel [8] .
View dimensions
The sizes of workers and polymorphic soldiers vary from 3 to 9 mm. The size of females and males is about 1 cm.
Taxonomy
Earlier, the name Messor “structor” (Latreille, 1798) was understood as a whole complex of species, which in 2018 during the molecular genetic studies of DNA and Wolbachia symbionts were divided into 5 separate species: Messor structor (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary , Romania, Slovenia), M. ibericus Santschi, 1925 (Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland), M. muticus (Nylander, 1849) stat.rev. (Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Ukraine), and two species new to science, M. ponticus sp.n. (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine) and M. mcarthuri sp.n. (Greece, Turkey) [2] .
See also
- Messor barbarus
- Aral-Caspian reaper ant
- Red-chested Reaper Ant
Notes
- ↑ Latreille, PA 1798: Essai sur l'histoire des fourmis de la France. Chez F. Bordeaux, Brive. 50 pp.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Florian M. Steiner, Sándor Csősz, Bálint Markó, Alexander Gamisch, Lukas Rinnhofer, Clemens Folterbauer, Sarina Hammerle, Christian Stauffer, Wolfgang Arthofer, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor” . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 127, October 2018, Pages 387-404.
- ↑ Dlussky G.M., Soyunov O.S., Zabelin S.I. Ants of Turkmenistan. - Ashgabat: Ylym, 1989 .-- S. 215-228. - 273 p.
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 294. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan (animals, plants, mushrooms). 2nd ed. - Kazan, 2006.
- ↑ Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan dated June 22, 2009 No. 419 "On Amending the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan dated October 25, 1993 No. 615" On the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan "
- ↑ An annotated list of rare and endangered species of invertebrate animals, especially protected within Russia // 2003 * Russia * Red list of specially protected rare and endangered animals and plants. (2nd edition). Part 2. Invertebrate animals (Red Book Bulletin, 2/2004 (2008)) / rev. ed. V.E. Prisyazhnyuk. - M .: Laboratory of the Red Book of the All-Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation , 2004 (2008). - S. 207. - 512 p. - ISBN 978-5-9243-0158-7 Full text
- ↑ Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
Literature
- Arnoldi, C.V. 1977 . Overview of reaper ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the fauna of the USSR. // Zoological journal . - 56 (11), p. 1637-1648.
- Cagniant, H. & X. Espadaler. 1998: Le genre Messor au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). // Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (ns) - 33: 419-434.
Links
- Catalog of Life: Messor structor (Latreille, 1798) (English) (Retrieved May 15, 2012)
- Fauna Europaea: Messor structor (English) (Retrieved May 15, 2012)
- Animal Diversity Web: Messor structor (English) (Retrieved May 15, 2012)