Myrmica scabrinodis lacustris

Myrmica scabrinodis lacustris
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica stangeana)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	Myrmica scabrinodis lacustris Ruzsky, 1905

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

Nomenclature

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

• lacustris. Myrmica scabrinodis var. lacustris Ruzsky, 1905b: 686 (w.) RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN.
  • Raised to species: Radchenko, 1994a: 44; Radchenko, 1994c: 140 (in key).
  • Material of the unavailable name grandis and of the nomen nudum lulakeranica referred here by Radchenko, 1994f: 77.
  • Junior synonym of stangeana: Radchenko & Elmes, 2009: 509; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 291.
  • See also: Seifert, 2003b: 150; Radchenko, Elmes & Alicata, 2006: 516.

References

• Radchenko, A., Elmes, G.W. 2009. Important alterations in the taxonomy of the ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), based on the investigation of the M. Ruzsky's type specimens, preserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" in Genoa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 100: 501-525.