Myrmica georgica

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Myrmica georgica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica salina)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica georgica
Seifert, 1987

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

Nomenclature

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

  • georgica. Myrmica georgica Seifert, 1987: 183, figs. 1-10 (w.m.) GEORGIA. Junior synonym of turcica: Seifert, 1988b: 18; of scabrinodis: Radchenko, 1994e: 79. Revived from synonymy: Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 231. Junior synonym of salina: Seifert, 2011: 183. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 141. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 141.


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 79, Junior synonym of scabrinodis)
  • Radchenko, A.G.; Elmes, G.W. 2004. Taxonomic notes on the scabrinodis-group of Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) living in eastern Europe and western Asia, with a description of a new species from Tien Shan. Trudy Russkogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva 75(1): 222-233 (page 231, revived from synonymy)
  • Seifert, B. 1987. Myrmica georgica n. sp., a new ant from Transcaucasia and North Kazakhstan (U.S.S.R.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Reichenbachia 24: 183-187 (page 183, figs. 1-10 worker, male described)
  • Seifert, B. 1988b. A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caucasia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 62(3): 1-75 (page 18, Junior synonym of turcica)
  • Seifert, B. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Eurasian Myrmica salina species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 83: 169-186.