Myrmica ferganensis (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Myrmica (the subfamily Miramicin ). Mountain endemic of Central Asia [1] .
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Spread
Central Asia , Kyrgyzstan , mountain areas: Tien-Shan, Pamir-Alay. They are encountered at altitudes of about 2 km [1] .
Description
Small reddish-brown ants about 5 mm long with long prickles of metathorax. Antennae 12-segmented (in males 13-segmented). The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and the postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, the pupae are bare (without cocoon ). The belly is smooth and shiny. Anthills are located underground. Inhabit the mountain meadows and riversides [1] [2] .
Systematics
It is close to the sympatric species Myrmica juglandeti from the species group Myrmica dshungarica -group, differing from them in underdeveloped grooves around the antennal cavities (sometimes they are completely absent) [1] . The taxon was first described in 1926 by the Italian mirmecologist and teacher Bruno Finzi (Bruno Finzi, 1897–1941) under the original name of Myrmica laevinodis var. ferganensis Finzi, 1926 . The status of a separate species was obtained in 1976 (Arnoldi 1976) [3] , then synonymous with Myrmica rubra , but in 1994 again became a species [4] . The species name M. ferganensis is derived from the name of the place of detection of the type series (Fergana) [1] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Radchenko, A .; Elmes, GW Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. - Warszawa: Museum and Institute of Zoology, 2010. - P. 108. - 1-789 p. - (Fauna mundi, 3). - ISBN 978-83-930773-1-1 .
- ↑ Radchenko, AG, Zhou S.-Y. & GW Elmes. 2001: Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southern China. - Annales Zoologici, 51 (2): 211-219.
- ↑ Arnoldi K.V. 1976. Ants of the genus Myrmica Latr. from Central Asia and the southern Kazakstan. Zool. Zh. 55: 547-558 (p. 550, restored from synonymy to a separate species)
- ↑ Radchenko, AG 1994. Taxonomic structure of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Eurasia. Report 1. Zool. Zh. 73 (6): 39-51 (page 41, restored from synonymy to a particular species)
- ↑ Finzi, B. 1926. Le forme europee del gene Myrmica Latr. Primo contributo. Boll Soc. Adriat. Sci. Nat. Trieste 29: 71-119 (page 84, description of working ants)
Literature
- Bolton, B. A new general catalog of the ants of the world. - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1995. - 504 p.
- Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71. - P. 1–370. - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .
Links
- Myrmica (English) . eol.org. - Taxonomy. The appeal date is August 15, 2014.