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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Pheidolini » Smooth Harvester Ants (Messor) » Messor andrei

Species Messor andrei

Classification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
CA Ant #3 - Myrmicinae - Messor andrei CA Ant #4 - Messor andrei Large, slow-moving ants - ID? - Messor andrei Is this Messor, perhaps Messor andrei? - Messor andrei Is this Messor, perhaps Messor andrei? - Messor andrei Unknown Ants - Messor andrei Winged Ant - Messor andrei Winged Ant - Messor andrei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Pheidolini
Genus Messor (Smooth Harvester Ants)
Species andrei (Messor andrei)
Range
"Endemic to California and Baja California. Records from Nevada and Oregon need confirmation." (1)
Remarks
Page creation based on the identification of these images by Gordon C. Snelling.
See Also
Messor stoddardi. See discussion on distinguishing this species from M. andrei on this post.
Internet References
Specimen images on AntWeb.
Live images of workers by Alex Wild on Discover Life.
Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 11 June, 2009 - 11:22pm

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