Myrmica ordinaria

Myrmica ordinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. ordinaria
Binomial name
	Myrmica ordinaria; Radchenko & Elmes, 1999 Specimen Label

Nothing is known about the biology of Myrmica ordinaria (Bharti et al., 2016).

Identification

A member of the cachmiriensis complex of the rugosa species group based only on the features of the female castes because they most resemble Myrmica wardi and Myrmica cachmiriensis. Both queens and workers differ from M. wardi by having very finely punctated, more or less smooth surfaces between the rugae of the head and alitrunk; workers differ from those of M. wardi by having a flat (not concave) mesonotal dorsum and from M. cachmiriensis by the much darker colour of their body and relatively longer subdecumbent pilosity on the sides of the head. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)

Keys including this Species

Key to Myrmica of the Himalaya and Afghanistan

Distribution

It is known only from the type localities from India (Kashmir) and Pakistan.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.812778° to 32.48611°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Castes

Males have not been collected.

Nomenclature

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

ordinaria. Myrmica ordinaria Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a: 41, fig. 4 (11-16) (w.q.) INDIA. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 209.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Holotype, w, “India, Kashmir, Seven Springs. 29.07.86, leg. P. Williams” (London); paratypes: 23 w, 1 g, with the same label as holotype; 6 w, “Pakistan, Kalam, 2300 m, 12.07.94, leg. S. Dakatra” (London, Basle, Milan, Kiev, Elmes).

Etymology

Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - M. ordinaria: name derived from Latin word ordinarius = regular, ordinary, to indicate that this ~pecies falls somewhere in the middle of the range of variation of morphological features for genus Myrmica as a whole and in this sense is ordinary.

References

Bharti, H., Sasi, S., Radchenko, A. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63, 956-975 (DOI 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i3.1145).
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999a. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestn. Zool. 33(3): 27-46. (page 41, fig. 4 (11-16) worker, queen described)
Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.
Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Bharti H., S. Sasi, and A. Radchenko. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63(3): 956-975.
Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp.
Radchenko, A. G., and G. W. Elmes. "A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Entomologica Basiliensia 23 (2001): 237-276.
Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.