Myrmica faniensis

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Myrmica faniensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica karavajevi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica faniensis
Boven, 1970

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

Nomenclature

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

  • faniensis. Myrmica faniensis Boven, 1970a: 127, figs. 1, 2 (q.) BELGIUM. Junior synonym of karavajevi: Seifert, 1994: 15. See also: Kutter, 1973c: 256; Boven, 1977: 114; Bolton, 1988a: 4.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 4, see also)
  • Boven, J. K. A. van. 1970a. Myrmica faniensis, une nouvelle espèce parasite (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Entomol. Belg. 106: 127-132. (page 127, figs. 1, 2 queen described)
  • Boven, J. K. A. van. 1977. De mierenfauna van België (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Zool. Pathol. Antverp. 67: 1-191 (page 114, see also)
  • Kutter, H. 1973d. Über die morphologischen Beziehungen der Gattung Myrmica zu ihren Satellitengenera Sifolinia Em., Symbiomyrma Arnoldi und Sommimyrma Menozzi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 46: 253-268 (page 256, see also)
  • Seifert, B. 1994a [1993]. Die freilebenden Ameisenarten Deutschlands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) und Angaben zu deren Taxonomie und Verbreitung. Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 67(3): 1-44 (page 15, Junior synonym of karavajevi)