Abundance: 0.11 to 40.77% (median 2.35%)
Latitudinal range: -30.5° to 41.7°Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (4), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)
Found in 11 samples
Egypt: St. Catherine (CA1)
India: Sukarala (pitfall trap)
Italy: Castelporziano Natural Reserve cultivated fields (May), Castelporziano Natural Reserve cultivated fields (July)
Morocco: Boutazarte, Lahssinate
Portugal: Mirandela
South Africa: Tussen-die-Riviere Game Farm (Acacia karoo), Satara area (large pitfall traps)
Spain: Benifallet
United States: McLaughlin Homestake Mining Co. (non-serpentine chaparral/pitfall)
See also Messor andrei, Messor barbarus, Messor bouvieri, Messor capensis, Messor capitatus, Messor ebeninus, Messor himalayanus, Messor lusitanicus, Messor minor, Messor picturatus, Messor sp. 1, Messor structor, Messor vaucheri, Messor wasmanni