Messor Messor sp (cf M. oertzeni Forel)

Authors :: Paknia, O.
Radchenko, A.
Pfeiffer, M.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2010.
Abstract: (cf. M. oertzeni Forel, 1910) Material: 3?, Zagros Mountais forest steppe, Kurdistan, Saggez (~36��14'N, 46��15'E), ~1481 m asl, 2004, leg. Shahin Mostafai; 4 $, Tehran, urban area (~35��41'N, 51��25'E), ~1162 m asl, 16.VII.2005, leg. Nasim Vakhideh; 5 $, Mashad, urban area (~36��17'N, 59��35'E), ~985 m asl, leg. Nayereh Ghafarian. Remarks: M. oertzeni is known from the Balkans and Anatolia (Agosti & Collingwood 1987; Atanassov & Dlussky 2002). It belongs to the structor species-group, but reliable determination of many species from this group is impossible before a taxonomic revision is provided.<br />Published as part of Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Pfeiffer, M., 2010, New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran., pp. 29-38 in Asian Myrmecology 3 on page 32