Messor bucephalus Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec 2023
Creators: name: Demetriou, Jakovos
name: Georgiadis, Christos
name: Ralli, Vasiliki
name: Salata, Sebastian
name: Borowiec, Lech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Messor
Messor bucephalus

description: Messor bucephalus Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
Akrotiri UK Sovereign Base Area • Lemessos, Akrotiri, Western beach; 34.5898, 32.9502; 15 m alt.; 14.V.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified Messor meridionalis; ZMUA, 1 w. — Limassol • Lemessos, Agia Mavri; 34.8461, 32.8687; 720 m alt.; 20.VII–03.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, Platanus sp., next to riverbank; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Agia Mavri; 34.8461, 32.8687; 720 m alt.; 20.VII–03.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, Platanus sp., next to riverbank, previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Agia Mavri; 34.8461, 32.8687; 720 m alt.; 20.VII–03.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, Platanus sp., next to riverbank, previously identified as Messor intermedius; ZMUA, 2 w. • Lemessos, Lofou; 34.8175, 32.8751; 750 m alt.; 12.V.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA, 2 w. • Lemessos, Lofou; 34.8175, 32.8751; 750 m alt.; 12.V.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Messor meridionalis ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Pissouri, Trachonas 1; 34.6472, 32.6951; 225 m alt.; 21.VII–4.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, 300 m from the sea, phrygana with Ceratonia siliqua, previously identified as Messor intermedius; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Fasoula; 34.7263, 33.0364; 250 m alt.; 10–20.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana, scarce trees; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Fasoula; 34.7263, 33.0364; 250 m alt.; 30.VII–10.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana, scarce trees, previously identified as Messor orientalis; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Fasoula; 34.7263, 33.0364; 250 m alt.; 10–20.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, phrygana, scarce trees, previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 1 w. — Paphos • Pafos, Chloraka, Azia resort; 34.8106, 32.3949; 21 m alt.; 16.IV.2014; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; park close to the sea, by hand, in 95% alc., previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 2 w. • Pafos, Kato Pafos, Faros; 34.7606, 32.4058; 15 m alt.; 30.VII–16.VIII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; phrygana, 200 m from sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol, previously identified as Messor orientalis; ZMUA, 1 w. • Pafos, Kato Pafos, Faros; 34.7606, 32.4058; 15 m alt.; 16–23.VIII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; phrygana, 200 m from sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol, previously identified as Messor wasmanni; ZMUA, 1 w. • Pafos, Lara, White River Beach; 34.9118, 32.3265; 12 m alt.; 18.VII–02.VIII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; sand dunes, 10 m from the sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol, previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 1 w. • Pafos, Lara, White River Beach; 34.9118, 32.3265; 12 m alt.; 2–17.VIII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; sand dunes, 10 m from the sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol, previously identified as Messor orientalis; ZMUA, 1 w.
description: Published as part of Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos, Ralli, Vasiliki, Salata, Sebastian & Borowiec, Lech, 2024, Setting the record straight: a re-examination of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Cyprus deposited at the Museum of Zoology of Athens, pp. 49-69 in Zootaxa 5523 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13933892