Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987 **

Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987: 54 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 6☿; Aydın, Didim; 37°22’N, 27°15’E; 20.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0117l • 1 ☿; Balıkesir, Ayvalık, Sarımsaklı; 39°16’N, 26°38’E; 01.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0128d • 8 ☿; Çanakkale, Gelibolu, Kalealtı Vill.; 40°41’211”N, 26°47’339”E; 92 m; 18. V.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0039e • 3 ☿; İzmir, Selçuk, Efes; 37°56’N, 27°20’E; 17.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 14 /0116p • 25 ☿; Tekirdağ, Şarköy, İğdebağları; 40°38’111”N, 27°08’577”E; 95 m; 16. V.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0020 • 3☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0021 .

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — Thrace.First record from Asia continent.