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Messor barbarus causes 50–100% of the seed losses and is the most common ant in arable fields in northeastern Spain (Westerman et al. 2012). These ants in particular made news headlines all over Spain when farmers believed they were stealing their seeds and began a cull only to realise they actually play a massive part of the ecosystem and benefit the production for crop farmers completely.
Messor is a genus of myrmicine ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near roadsides, openings are directly to the surface.
Ancyridris is a small genus of myrmicine ants, with only two described species from New Guinea. ... Hesiod's name for an ant, [5] probably Messor barbarus or M ...
This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India ... Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767; Messor himalayanus Forel, 1902; Messor ...
Messor: Forel 1890 110 Formica barbara: Messor barbarus [253] Metapone: Forel 1911 18 Metapone greeni: Metapone emersoni [254] Microdaceton: Santschi 1913 4 Microdaceton exornatum: Microdaceton exornatum [255] †Miosolenopsis: Zhang 1989 1 †Miosolenopsis fossilis — [43] Monomorium: Mayr 1855 372 Monomorium monomorium: Monomorium pharaonis ...
Pogonomyrmex badius workers transporting a seed to add to their granary Messor sp. carrying seeds into their nest. Harvester ant is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries. [1]
Messor barbarus queen with wings still attached ... Stenammini is a tribe of Myrmicine ants with 6 genera and 1 fossil genus. Many genera in this tribe are known to ...
Messor capitatus is an ant species part of the genus Messor. This genus includes about 40 specialized species that are found in dry areas of Mediterranean countries such as Africa, Southern Europe, and Asia. [ 1 ]