Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Pfeiffer, M., 2010, New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran., Asian Myrmecology 3, pp. 29-38 : 33

publication ID	23045
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6195682
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scientific name	Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
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Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 View in CoL

Material: 4 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37°20'57''N, 56°14'44''E), 1254 m asl, 28.V2007, leg. Omid Paknia GoogleMaps ; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34°45'47''N, 52°10'24''E), 1051 m asl, 23.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia GoogleMaps .

Remarks: M. variabilis is distributed in plains and foothills of Central Asia, where it inhabits different kinds of deserts (Arnoldi 1970, 1977b; Dlussky et al. 1990).