Myrmica lobicornis littoralis

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Myrmica lobicornis littoralis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica eidmanni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica lobicornis littoralis
Weber, 1948

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

Nomenclature

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

  • littoralis. Myrmica lobicornis subsp. littoralis Weber, 1948a: 287 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis subsp. lobicornis var. littoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928b: 33; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of jessensis: Kupyanskaya, 1986a: 85; of eidmanni: Radchenko, 2005b: 139; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 127.

References

  • Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1986a. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the group Myrmica lobicornis Nylander from the Far East. Pp. 83-90 in: Ler, P. A. (ed.) Systematics and ecology of insects from the Far East. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 155 pp. (page 85, Junior synonym of jessensis)
  • Weber, N. A. 1948a. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. II. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 41: 267-308 (page 287, worker, queen, male described)