Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
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Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927 |
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Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927 View in CoL
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Messor sublaeviceps var. picturatus Santschi, 1927, p. 243 View in CoL (w.q.) Algeria. Palaearctic.
Diagnosis
Worker. This species matches the description of ebeninus in all respects but can be easily diagnosed by the following characters: dorsum of head completely sculptured to posterior margin of head and general appearance dull; posterior margin of head without setae or with one pair; eyes smaller with fewer ommatidia in the longest row; strongly sculptured mesosoma.
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Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
| Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, AbdulAziz M. A., Georgiadis, Christos, Nasser, Mohamed G. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2024 |
Messor sublaeviceps var. picturatus
| Santschi F 1927: 243 |