Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)

Salata, Sebastian & B, Lech Borowiec, 2019, Preliminary contributions toward a revision of Greek Messor Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Turkish Journal of Zoology 43 (1), pp. 52-67 : 64-65

Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898) : Borowiec and Salata, 2012: 515 (part).

Revised material. Macedonia: Halkidiki , Kassandra, Fourka-Kassandrino rd. (40.01666°N / 23.41666°E), 69 m, 29 VIII 2009, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Halkidiki , Kassandra, Livadakia (39.96666°N / 23.55°E), 6 m, 26 VIII 2009, 2w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Halkidiki , Kassandra, Siviri (40.03333°N / 23.35°E), 6 m, 25 VIII 2009, 3w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Halkidiki , Kassandra, Metangisi-Ag. Nikolaos rd. (40.28333°N / 23.66666°E), 120 m, 27 VIII 2009, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Halkidiki , 14 km E of Thessaloniki (40.65°N / 23.11666°E), 230 m, 7 IV 2010, 5w, leg. J. Kalisiak ( DBET) ; Halkidiki , Sithona, Parthenonas (40.1195°N / 23.81297°E), 305 m, 2 IX 2009, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Pieria , Olympus Mts., Litochoro-Faragi Enipeas (40.49286°N / 22.66666°E), 322 m, 31 VIII 2012, 2w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) .

Comments. In Greece, Messor ponticus is lowland species, nests were observed in pine forests, roadsides in pine forests, pastures, open ruderal habitats inside villages.

Messor structor ( Latreille, 1798)

Formica structor Latreille, 1798: 46 .

Messor cf. clivorum : Borowiec and Salata, 2018a: 7.

Revised material. Epirus: Arta, Giannioti (39.14318°N / 21.27782°E), 945 m, 5 IX 2016, 4w, 3m (pin) 5w, 5m (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Arta , 1.5 km SE Karpino (39.20065°N / 21.26353°E), 950 m, 5 IX 2016, 4w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Arta , 2 km S of Skoulikaria (39.158°N / 21.27393°E), 890 m, 5 IX 2016, 2w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Peloponnese: Messinia, Taygetos Mts. , 0.6 km E of Ag. Triada (37.07255°N / 22.22412°E), 600 m, 17 VI 2016, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Messinia, Taygetos Mts. , 0.6 km W of Artemisia (37.09877°N / 22.22287°E), 660 m, 15 VI 2016, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Messinia, Taygetos Mts. , 0.8 km SE of Exochori (36.89582°N / 22.27464°E), 535 m, 20 VI 2016, 4w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Messinia, Taygetos Mts., rd. Kalamati-Sparta loc. 1 (37.07153°N / 22.25717°E), 1270 m, 21 VI 2016, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Sterea Ellas: Eubea , 3.6 km SW of Glifada (38.64283°N / 23.80736°E), 980 m, 12 VI 2018, 1w. (pin) 3w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Eubea , 3.7 km SW of Metochi (38.5964°N / 23.92527°E), 1145 m, 9 VI 2018, 5w. (pin) 3w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Eubea , 3.3 km NE of Steni (38.60557°N / 23.86239°E), 1075 m, 10 VI 2018, 5w. (pin) 1w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Eubea , 2.4 km SW of Stropones (38.60327°N / 23.87°E), 1025 m, 10 VI 2018, 1w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Thessaly: Larissa, Kato Olimbos Mts, Kalipefki (39.97208°N / 22.47133°E), 1070 m, 8 V 2017, 5w. (pin) 5w. (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Larissa, Mt. Olympus , 2.8 km W of EOCHO ski center (40.0255°N / 22.30421°E), 1340 m, 9 V 2017, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) .

Comments. In Greece, Messor structor appears to be mountain species, it was collected in mountain habitats between 535 and 1340 m a.s.l., mostly pastures, often close to coniferous forests, only one locality was in shadow mountain valley, on roadsides close to deciduous forest.

Messor varrialei Emery, 1921

Messor barbarus var. varrialei Emery, 1921b: 215 .

Messor structor var. aegeus Santschi, 1926: 286 (= Messor barbarus ssp. structor var. aegea Emery, 1921b: 213 , unavailable name); Schlick et al., 2018: supplementary material p. 7, as synonym of Messor varrialei, Emery, 1921 .

Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849) : Borowiec and Salata, 2012: 514 (part).

Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898) : Borowiec and Salata, 2012: 515 (part).

Revised material. Dodecanese: Rhodes , Epta Piges (36.25459°N / 28.11378°E), 100 m, 4 V 2015, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Rhodes , Kiotari (36.03333°N / 27.93333°E), 3 m, 11 VII 2008, 7w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) ; Rhodes , Kolymbia, Tsambika Hill (36.23902°N / 28.15942°E), 157 m, 3 V 2015, 4w, leg. L. Borowiec ( DBET) .

Comments. Species known only from the western Turkey and Dodecanese islands (Karpathos and Rhodes) in Greece. Lowland species, nests were observed in clay wastelands, ruderal places inside tourist resorts and pastures.