# Messor (genre)

Messor est un genre de fourmis qu'on appelle communément les « fourmis moissonneuses ». Messor, du latin messis veut dire « moisson » . Principalement granivores, les espèces du genre Messor récoltent des graines. Elles appartiennent à la sous-famille des Myrmicinae.
Ces espèces ont la particularité de ne pas avoir de jabot social et donc de ne pas pratiquer la trophallaxie.
L'autre originalité de ces espèces est leur régime alimentaire, composé presque exclusivement de graines
Elles sont granivores, mais elles peuvent aussi bien chasser des insectes.
L’absence de trophallaxie est compensée par un système communautaire d’approvisionnement et de prédigestion de la nourriture. Ce genre de fourmis est principalement monogyne, c'est-à-dire qu'une colonie n'a qu'une seule reine.

## Associations

On peut trouver avec les Messor de la zone afrotropicale des insectes associés, dont des Pentaplatarthrus et des Paussus (Carabidae).

## Liste des espèces présentes en France

* Messor barbarus (Linné, 1767).
* Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918.
* Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798).
* Messor minor (André, 1883).
* Messor structor (Latreille, 1798).
* Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910 (en Corse).
* Messor ibericus (Santschi, 1931)

## Liste d'espèces

- Messor aciculatus
- Messor aegyptiacus
- Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
- Messor arenarius
- Messor barbarus
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor capitatus
- Messor cephalotes
- Messor clivorum
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor galla
- Messor Ibericus
- Messor laboriosus
- Messor minor
- Messor minor hesperius
- Messor nondentatus
- Messor orientalis
- Messor structor
- Messor tartaricus
- Messor wasmanni
- Messor (Novomessor) cockerelli
* Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921
* Messor aciculatus (Smith, 1874)
* Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
* Messor alexandri Tohme, 1981
* Messor andrei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
* Messor antennatus Emery, 1908
* Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967
* Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902
* Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
* Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982
* Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Messor beduinus Emery, 1922
* Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
* Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967
* Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
* Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
* Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
* Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
* Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980
* Messor caviceps (Forel, 1902)
* Messor celiae Reyes, 1985
* Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)
* Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934
* Messor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915
* Messor clypeatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor collingwoodi Bolton, 1982
* Messor concolor Santschi, 1927
* Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917
* Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
* Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor diabarensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
* Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993
* Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
* Messor fraternus Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
* Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927
* Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
* Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
* Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
* Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
* Messor incisus Stitz, 1923
* Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor instabilis (Smith, 1858)
* Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
* Messor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
* Messor kasakorum Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor kisilkumensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor lamellicornis Arnol'di, 1968
* Messor lariversi (Smith, 1951)
* Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
* Messor lobognathus Andrews, 1916
* Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
* Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
* Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
* Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
* Messor marikovskii Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927
* Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
* Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor minor (Andre, 1883)
* Messor nahali Tohme, 1981
* Messor niloticus Santschi, 1938
* Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
* Messor olegianus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
* Messor perantennatus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
* Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917
* Messor postpetiolatus Santschi, 1917
* Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)
* Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910
* Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)
* Messor rufus Santschi, 1923
* Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916
* Messor rugosus (Andre, 1881)
* Messor sanctus Emery, 1921
* Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930
* Messor semirufus (Andre, 1883)
* Messor semoni (Forel, 1906)
* Messor smithi (Cole, 1963)
* Messor sordidus (Forel, 1892)
* Messor stoddardi (Emery, 1895)
* Messor striatellus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor striaticeps (Andre, 1883)
* Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
* Messor striativentris Emery, 1908
* Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
* Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969
* Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
* Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
* Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor valentinae Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor vaucheri Emery, 1908
* Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910
* Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921
* Messor aciculatus (Smith, 1874)
* Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
* Messor alexandri Tohme, 1981
* Messor andrei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
* Messor antennatus Emery, 1908
* Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967
* Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902
* Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
* Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982
* Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Messor beduinus Emery, 1922
* Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
* Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967
* Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
* Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
* Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
* Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
* Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980
* Messor caviceps (Forel, 1902)
* Messor celiae Reyes, 1985
* Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)
* Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934
* Messor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915
* Messor clypeatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor collingwoodi Bolton, 1982
* Messor concolor Santschi, 1927
* Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917
* Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
* Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor diabarensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
* Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993
* Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
* Messor fraternus Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
* Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927
* Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
* Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
* Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
* Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
* Messor incisus Stitz, 1923
* Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor instabilis (Smith, 1858)
* Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
* Messor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
* Messor kasakorum Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor kisilkumensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor lamellicornis Arnol'di, 1968
* Messor lariversi (Smith, 1951)
* Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
* Messor lobognathus Andrews, 1916
* Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
* Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
* Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
* Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
* Messor marikovskii Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927
* Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
* Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor minor (Andre, 1883)
* Messor nahali Tohme, 1981
* Messor niloticus Santschi, 1938
* Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
* Messor olegianus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
* Messor perantennatus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
* Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917
* Messor postpetiolatus Santschi, 1917
* Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)
* Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910
* Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)
* Messor rufus Santschi, 1923
* Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916
* Messor rugosus (Andre, 1881)
* Messor sanctus Emery, 1921
* Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930
* Messor semirufus (Andre, 1883)
* Messor semoni (Forel, 1906)
* Messor smithi (Cole, 1963)
* Messor sordidus (Forel, 1892)
* Messor stoddardi (Emery, 1895)
* Messor striatellus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor striaticeps (Andre, 1883)
* Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
* Messor striativentris Emery, 1908
* Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
* Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969
* Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
* Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
* Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor valentinae Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor vaucheri Emery, 1908
* Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910
* Messor andrei
* Messor barbarus
* Messor bouvieri
* Messor capitatus
* Messor chamberlini
* Messor concolor
* Messor denticornis
* Messor julianus
* Messor lobognathus
* Messor minor
** hybride Messor minor x Messor concolor
* Messor pergandei
* Messor structor
* Messor abdelazizi Santschi, 1921
* Messor aciculatus (Smith, 1874)
* Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
* Messor alexandri Tohme, 1981
* Messor andrei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
* Messor antennatus Emery, 1908
* Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967
* Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902
* Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
* Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982
* Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Messor beduinus Emery, 1922
* Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
* Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967
* Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
* Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
* Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
* Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)
* Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor carthaginensis Bernard, 1980
* Messor caviceps (Forel, 1902)
* Messor celiae Reyes, 1985
* Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)
* Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934
* Messor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915
* Messor clypeatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor collingwoodi Bolton, 1982
* Messor concolor Santschi, 1927
* Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917
* Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
* Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor diabarensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
* Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993
* Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
* Messor fraternus Ruzsky, 1905
* Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
* Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927
* Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
* Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
* Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
* Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
* Messor incisus Stitz, 1923
* Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
* Messor instabilis (Smith, 1858)
* Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
* Messor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
* Messor kasakorum Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor kisilkumensis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor lamellicornis Arnol'di, 1968
* Messor lariversi (Smith, 1951)
* Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
* Messor lobognathus Andrews, 1916
* Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
* Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
* Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
* Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
* Messor marikovskii Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927
* Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
* Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor minor (Andre, 1883)
* Messor nahali Tohme, 1981
* Messor niloticus Santschi, 1938
* Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
* Messor olegianus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
* Messor perantennatus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
* Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
* Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
* Messor planiceps Stitz, 1917
* Messor postpetiolatus Santschi, 1917
* Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)
* Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910
* Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)
* Messor rufus Santschi, 1923
* Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916
* Messor rugosus (Andre, 1881)
* Messor sanctus Emery, 1921
* Messor sculpturatus Carpenter, 1930
* Messor semirufus (Andre, 1883)
* Messor semoni (Forel, 1906)
* Messor smithi (Cole, 1963)
* Messor sordidus (Forel, 1892)
* Messor stoddardi (Emery, 1895)
* Messor striatellus Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor striaticeps (Andre, 1883)
* Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
* Messor striativentris Emery, 1908
* Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
* Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
* Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969
* Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
* Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
* Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977
* Messor valentinae Arnol'di, 1969
* Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor vaucheri Emery, 1908
* Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
* Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910