Myrmica betuliana

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Myrmica betuliana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica schencki)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica betuliana
Ruzsky, 1946

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

Nomenclature

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

  • betuliana. Myrmica betuliana Ruzsky, 1946: 70 (w.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of schencki: Radchenko, 1994f: 77.

References

  • Radchenko, A. G. 1994f. Survey of the species of the scabrinodis group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(9 9: 75-82 (page 77, Junior synonym of schenki)
  • Ruzsky, M. 1946. Ants of Tomsk province and contiguous localities. Tr. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 97: 69-72 (page 70, worker described)