Myrmica fortior (lat.) - a species of small ants of the genus Myrmica (subfamily Miramica ). The mountain endemic of India [1] .
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Spread
South Asia : India (Kashmir), at altitudes of 2000-2700 m [1] .
Description
Small yellowish-brown ants about 5 mm long with long spines of metathorax. 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 ). Anthills in the ground and under stones [1] .
Systematics
Close to Myrmica smythiesii and species of the Myrmica smythiesii group. The species was first described in 1904 by the Swiss myrmecologist Auguste Trout as the Myrmica smythiesii variety under the original name Myrmica smythiesii var. fortior Forel, 1904 [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Radchenko, A .; Elmes, GW Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. - Warszawa: Museum and Institute of Zoology, 2010. - P. 136. - 1-789 p. - (Fauna mundi, 3). - ISBN 978-83-930773-1-1 .
- ↑ Forel, A. 1904. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 23, worker described)
- ↑ Menozzi, C. 1939. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da SAR il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 78: 285-345 (page 292, description of the male)
- ↑ Radchenko, AG; Elmes, GW 2001. Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 23: 237-276 (page 251, upgraded to species and senior synonym lutescens)
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 17, 2014.