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Myrmica aquia
| Myrmica aquia | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster fulva) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | Myrmica aquia Buckley, 1867
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster fulva.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aquia. Myrmica (Monomorium) aquia Buckley, 1867: 341 (w.q.) U.S.A.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1886c: 365.
- Junior synonym of fulva: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Mayr, 1886d: 445.
- Subspecies of fulva: Emery, 1895c: 304; Wheeler, W.M. 1904e: 303; Wheeler, W.M. 1906b: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1916m: 586; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 517; Emery, 1921f: 57; Smith, M.R. 1928b: 246; Dennis, 1938: 286; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 796.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Aphaenogaster: Creighton, 1950a: 148; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1363; Bolton, 1995b: 68.
- Junior synonym of fulva: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 13.
References
- Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 341, worker, queen described)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 148, Unrecognisable taxon in Aphaenogaster)
- Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 304, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of fulva.)
- Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 353-368 (page 365, Combination in Aphaenogaster, and junior synonym of fulva.)
- Shattuck, S.O., Cover, S. 2016. Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4175: 10–22 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2).
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1363, Unrecognisable taxon in Aphaenogaster)