Myrmica aborigenica

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Myrmica aborigenica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica kamtschatica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica aborigenica
Zhigul'skaya, 1991

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmica kamtschatica.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • aborigenica. Myrmica aborigenica Zhigul'skaya, 1991: 58, figs. (w.q.m.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of kamtschatica: Radchenko, 1994g: 86. See also: Zhigul'skaya, Kipyatkov & Kipyatkova, 1992: 72.

References

  • Radchenko, A. G. 1994i. Survey of the species of the lobicornis group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(1 11: 81-92 (page 86, Junior synonym of kamtschatica)
  • Zhigul'skaya, Z. A. 1991. A new species of the ant genus Myrmica from the upper Kolyma Basin. Zool. Zh. 70(5): 58-62 (page 58, figs. worker, queen, male described)
  • Zhigul'skaya, Z. A. 1992. A new species of the ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the upper Kolyma River. Entomol. Rev. (Wash.) 70(5 5: 161-165 (see also, English translation of earlier paper)
  • Zhigul'skaya, Z. A.; Kipyatkov, V. E.; Kipyatkova, T. A. 1992. Seasonal developmental cycle of the ant, Myrmica aborigenica sp. nov., in the upper reaches of Kolyma river. Zool. Zh. 71(5 5: 72-82 (page 72, see also)