Messor orientalis
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 orientalis

description: Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
Stenamma (Messor) structor var. orientalis Emery, 1898
Limassol • Lemessos, Lofou; 34.8175, 32.8751; 750 m alt.; 12.V.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Messor meridionalis; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Koilani; 34.85, 32.8509; 980 m alt.; 20.VII–03.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, vineyard, next to phrygana; ZMUA, 5 w. • Lemessos, Koilani; 34.85, 32.8509; 980 m alt.; 3–17.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, vineyard, next to phrygana; ZMUA, 5 w.. • Lemessos, Koilani; 34.85, 32.8509; 980 m alt.; 3–17.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, vineyard, next to phrygana, previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 1 w. • Lemessos, Koilani; 34.85, 32.8509; 980 m alt.; 20.VII–03.VIII.2013; Katerina Leonidou leg.; pitfall traps, vineyard, next to phrygana, previously identified as Trichomyrmex perplexus; ZMUA, 1 w. — Nicosia • Lefkosia, Lythrodontas, Gyalias dam; 34.9713, 33.2856; 420 m alt.; 23.II.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA, 6 w. • Lefkosia, Kotsiatis, near the bridge; 35.0128, 33.3524; 270 m alt.; 23.II.2007, Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Messor alexandri; ZMUA, 1 w. — Paphos • Pafos, Kato Pafos, Faros; 34.7606, 32.4058; 15 m alt.; 16–30.VII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; phrygana, 200 m from sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol; ZMUA, 3 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; 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, 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 alexandri; 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; ZMUA, 2 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; 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, 3 w. • Pafos, Lara, Ag. Georgios; 34.9106, 32.3265; 30 m alt.; 17–24.VIII.2013; Charoula Tsipouridou leg.; phrygana next to road, 10 m from sea, pitfall traps, ethylene glycol; ZMUA, 3 w. • Pafos, Skoulli riv.; 34.9791, 32.4568; 90 m alt.; 21.II.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA, 3 w. • Pafos, Skoulli riv.; 34.9791, 32.4568; 90 m alt.; 21.II.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Messor structor; ZMUA, 1 w. • Pafos, Skoulli riv.; 34.9791, 32.4568; 90 m alt.; 21.II.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; previously identified as Messor alexandri; ZMUA, 1 w. • Pafos, Skoulli riv.; 34.9791, 32.4568; 90 m alt.; 13.V.2007; Anastasios Legakis leg.; ZMUA, 3 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