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(2011), Organisms Diversity and Evolution 11: Mixed colonies and hybridisation of Messor harvester ant species (Messor minor, M. cf. wasmanni and M. capitatus living side by side in Italy, fertile hybrids between the first two)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs13127-011-0045-3",[95,105,106],"biology","distribution",{"type":97,"title":108,"url":109,"covers":110},"Salata, Lapeva-Gjonova, Georgiadis and Borowiec (2023), ZooKeys 1185: Review of the Messor semirufus complex in Greece (Messor wasmanni listed for the Balkans and western Turkey in the larger, usually bicolored wasmanni complex, whose large workers have a red mesosoma that is never entirely black, and which makes trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3897\u002Fzookeys.1185.111484",[95,105,106],{"type":97,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"Schifani, Csősz, Viviano and Alicata (2021), Natural History Sciences 8: Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands, with the Messor wasmanni entry (mostly an Eastern Mediterranean species, described from Sardinia, neotype needed, reddish Messor bouvieri taken for it)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.4081\u002Fnhs.2021.532",[95,106],{"type":97,"title":116,"url":117,"covers":118},"Harkness and Isham (1988), Insectes Sociaux 35: Relations between nests of Messor wasmanni in Greece (nest spacing, foraging trails and the lack of aggression between neighboring nests)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002FBF02224134",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":120,"url":121,"covers":122},"Traxler (2016), Ecologica Montenegrina 7: Native food spectrum, size-matching and foraging efficiency of the Mediterranean harvester ant Messor wasmanni (island of Cres, Croatia: diet, three worker size classes, trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.37828\u002Fem.2016.7.19",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":124,"url":125,"covers":126},"Steiner et al. (2018), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: Turning one into five, integrative taxonomy of the harvester ant Messor structor (three Messor cf. wasmanni nests from Italy, Croatia and Greece used as the outgroup)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.ympev.2018.04.005",[95],{"type":97,"title":128,"url":129,"covers":130},"Kiran and Karaman (2020), Zoosystema 42: Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Messor wasmanni specimens from many Turkish provinces)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5252\u002Fzoosystema2020v42a18",[106],{"type":91,"title":132,"url":133,"covers":134},"AntWiki: Messor wasmanni (country list from Sardinia and Corsica to Turkey, common in central and southern Italy and the Balkans)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antwiki.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMessor_wasmanni",[95,105,106],{"type":91,"title":136,"url":137,"covers":138},"GBIF: Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910, occurrence records by country (Greece, Croatia, Italy, Corsica, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the English name Wasmann’s harvester ant from the Catalogue of Life","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gbif.org\u002Fspecies\u002F1316357",[106],{"type":140,"title":141,"url":142,"covers":143},"careSheet","Antstore: Messor cf. wasmanni (sizes, colony form, founding, climate of nest and arena, winter rest, diet, nests, flight in September and October)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antstore.net\u002Fshop\u002Fen\u002Fants\u002FAnts-from-South-Europe\u002FMessor-cf--wasmanni.html",[144,105,145],"husbandry","nuptialFlight",{"type":140,"title":147,"url":148,"covers":149},"AntCube: Messor cf. wasmanni (same data as the Antstore sheet, from the same company)","https:\u002F\u002Fantcube.shop\u002Fproduct\u002Fmessor-cf-wasmanni",[144,145],{"type":140,"title":151,"url":152,"covers":153},"Quality Ants: Messor wasmanni (sizes, nest temperature, winter rest from November to February, nest types, diet)","https:\u002F\u002Fqualityants.nl\u002Fen\u002Fants\u002Fmessor-wasmanni\u002F",[144,105],{"type":140,"title":155,"url":156,"covers":157},"AntsDavey: Messor wasmanni (queens collected during a nuptial flight in Greece, climate, winter rest, diet, sensitivity to light and vibration)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antsdavey.co.uk\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fmessor-wasmanni",[144,105],{"type":140,"title":159,"url":160,"covers":161},"Best Ants UK: Messor wasmanni (climate, feeding, winter rest)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bestantsuk.com\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fmessor-wasmanni",[144],{"type":140,"title":163,"url":164,"covers":165},"FormicaMarket: Messor wasmanni care guide (colony roles, climate, winter rest at about 12 degrees, diet, the only source with flights in May to July)","https:\u002F\u002Fformicamarket.com\u002Fde\u002Fant-database\u002Fmessor-wasmanni\u002F",[144,105,145],{"type":140,"title":167,"url":168,"covers":169},"Ants R Us: Messor wasmanni (nest climate and winter rest; 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Messor wasmanni a été décrite en 1910 à partir de la Sardaigne comme sous-espèce de Messor barbarus, et une étude de 2021 en fait surtout une espèce de la Méditerranée orientale, soupçonne que certaines fourmis au thorax rougeâtre ont été prises pour elle alors qu'il s'agit en réalité de Messor bouvieri, et estime qu'il faudrait désigner un néotype pour fixer le nom. Les spécialistes écrivent aussi Messor cf. wasmanni dans leurs propres articles : cette étiquette prudente est donc honnête et pas seulement une habitude de boutique.",{"question":249,"answer":250},"Que mange Messor wasmanni dans la nature ?","Une étude de terrain sur l'île croate de Cres a montré que les matières végétales, surtout des graines et des fruits, représentaient la grande majorité de ce que les ouvrières rapportaient au nid. Elles prélevaient les graines au sol et directement sur les plantes. Les restes animaux, comme les insectes morts et les coquilles d'escargots, ne représentaient qu'une petite part, et les fourmis n'ont jamais été vues en train de chasser, bien qu'elles aient ramassé des escargots vivants. Les nids sont faciles à repérer grâce à leurs pistes principales bien marquées.",{"question":252,"answer":253},"Messor wasmanni s'hybride-t-elle avec d'autres espèces de Messor ?","En Italie, oui. Une étude génétique et morphologique a trouvé des colonies mixtes et un flux de gènes dans les deux sens entre Messor minor et Messor cf. wasmanni, avec des hybrides qui semblent fertiles, alors que Messor capitatus, qui vit dans le même habitat, ne montrait aucun signe d'hybridation. Certaines de ces colonies comptaient des ouvrières d'aspect intermédiaire entre les espèces.","Les ouvrières existent en de nombreuses tailles, des petites minors aux majors à grosse tête, et les grandes ont en général le thorax rouge et un gaster plus foncé et luisant, jamais entièrement noires comme Messor capitatus. Messor minor et Messor bouvieri, rougeâtre, peuvent être difficiles à distinguer d'elle, et cf. dans le nom commercial signifie que l'identification n'est pas confirmée : cette fiche suit donc la forme que les boutiques européennes vendent sous ce nom.","fr",{},true,[259,262,264,267],{"kind":260,"text":261},"tip","Proposez de temps en temps des épis de graminées entiers, et pas seulement des graines en vrac : dans la nature, ces fourmis cueillent les graines directement sur la plante autant qu'au sol.",{"kind":260,"text":263},"Donnez à la colonie une chambre sèche pour la réserve de graines et une chambre humide séparée pour le couvain, et ne vaporisez jamais d'eau dans le nid, car des graines mouillées germent ou moisissent. Recouvrez chaque point d'eau libre de petites pierres ou de coton, car les ouvrières de Messor se noient facilement.",{"kind":265,"text":266},"watchOut","Une reine capturée après le vol nuptial d'automne ne commence généralement à pondre qu'au printemps, après le repos hivernal : un tube à essai qui paraît vide tout l'hiver est donc normal. Gardez-le sombre et calme au lieu d'aller contrôler la reine.",{"kind":265,"text":268},"Les fiches de soins décrivent les jeunes colonies comme très sensibles à la lumière et aux vibrations : gardez donc le nid dans l'obscurité et sur une surface stable plutôt que sur une étagère qui peut être heurtée.","\u002Ffr\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni",{"description":232},"fr\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni","drmuXteTrLnnuQME22JAW_hqRtGzRBrEvBir9CZfq8A",[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284],"Albanie","Bosnie-Herzégovine","Bulgarie","Croatie","France","Grèce","Italie","Macédoine du Nord","Monténégro","Slovénie","Turquie",[286,287,288],{"name":63,"slug":43},{"name":64,"slug":43},{"name":65,"slug":289},"messor-capitatus",[291,308,328],{"slug":292,"scientificName":293,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":294,"tagline":295,"image":296,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":297,"majorSize":66,"queenSize":298,"temperature":299,"hibernation":301,"hibernationTemperature":302,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":306},"messor-ebeninus","Messor ebeninus",[],"Une moissonneuse d'un noir d'ébène luisant du Moyen-Orient, qui stocke ses graines à l'étage et élève son couvain dans la terre humide, bien plus bas.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-ebeninus.jpg",[227,228],[75,46],[223,300],28,"recommended",[49,303],18,"mild","large",[83,307],"northAfrica",{"slug":309,"scientificName":310,"genus":231,"nickname":311,"aliases":312,"tagline":314,"image":315,"experience":316,"guide":317,"difficulty":318,"workerSize":319,"majorSize":80,"queenSize":321,"temperature":323,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":325,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":327},"messor-barbarus","Messor barbarus","Fourmi moissonneuse",[313],"Fourmi barbaresque","Une moissonneuse calme et un peu maladroite, aux majors à énorme tête, et mon premier choix pour les débutants.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002FMessor_barbarus_major_2.jpeg","firstHand","how-to-care-for-messor-barbarus","1",[320,228],3,[80,322],17,[324,224],21,[46,326],16,[82,307],{"slug":289,"scientificName":65,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":329,"tagline":330,"image":331,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":332,"majorSize":333,"queenSize":334,"temperature":335,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":336,"hibernationBand":337,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":338},[],"Une moissonneuse d'un noir luisant, aux majors à grosse tête qui broient les graines dures en pain de fourmi sur les sols secs et rocailleux.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-capitatus.jpg",[227,228],13,[333,49],[223,300],[66,49],"cool",[82,307],[340,347,353],{"id":341,"title":342,"description":343,"image":344,"categoryText":345,"path":346},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial.md","Comment préparer une installation en tube à essai - Bases","Dans ce tutoriel, apprenez à préparer une installation en tube à essai, la meilleure façon d'offrir un environnement idéal à une reine fraîchement fécondée !","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_test_tube_setup_tutorial_new.png","Bases","\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial",{"id":348,"title":349,"description":350,"image":351,"categoryText":345,"path":352},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants.md","Comment faire hiverner vos fourmis - Tutoriel d'hivernation","Dans ce guide, parlons de l'hivernation : qu'est-ce que c'est ? Pourquoi les fourmis en ont-elles besoin ? Dois-je faire hiverner mes fourmis ? Voyons ça !","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":354,"title":355,"description":356,"image":357,"categoryText":358,"path":359},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest.md","Comment fabriquer un nid en Ytong - Tutoriel fourmis","Dans ce tutoriel, apprenez à fabriquer un nid en Ytong pour vos colonies de fourmis ! C'est l'un des meilleurs types de nids pour de nombreuses espèces !","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_ytong_ant_nest_tutorial.png","Tutoriels","\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest",1791900246693]