Myrmica ravasinii (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Myrmica ( myrmycin subfamily) [1] . A rare species, is included in the Red Book of Armenia [2] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 Systematics
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Distribution
Palearctic : Albania , Armenia , Greece , Georgia , Turkey [1] [3] .
Description
Small reddish-brown ants about 5 mm long. It differs in large lobes at the bend of the scape of the antennae, a narrow forehead, and long spines of the posterior breast. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon). It prefers semi-xerophilic biotopes and open and bright forests at heights from 800 to 1800 m [1] [4] .
Systematics
Myrmica ravasinii is close to the species Myrmica pelops (Greece) and belongs to the species group schencki group. The species was first described in 1923 by the Italian worldmecologist and teacher Bruno Finzi (1897-1941) and named after the Italian doctor and entomologist Professor Carlo Ravasini (Prof. Carlo Ravasini ; 1874-1959, Trieste), who found the type series during his expedition to Albania [5] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Radchenko, A .; Elmes, GW Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. - Warszawa: Museum and Institute of Zoology, 2010 .-- P. 223-224. - 1-789 p. - (Fauna mundi, 3). - ISBN 978-83-930773-1-1 .
- ↑ H. Khachatryan. Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923 (neopr.) . Հայաստանի Կարմիր գիրք (Red Book of Armenia) . Date of treatment December 23, 2015.
- ↑ Arakelian, GR 1989. Previously unknown sexual individuals of the ant Myrmica ravasinii Finzi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Armenia. - Biol. Zh. Arm. 42: 733-736 PDF (page 734, description of females and males)
- ↑ Arnoldi, C.V. 1970. Review of the ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the European part of the USSR. - Zool. Zh. 4 49: 1829-1844
- ↑ Radchenko, AG & Elmes, GW & Alicata, A. 2006. Taxonomic revision of the schencki-group of the ant genus Myrmica from the Palaearctic region. - Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 56: 499-538.
- ↑ Finzi, B. 1923. Risultati scientifici della spedizione Ravasini-Lona in Albania. III. Formiche. - Estratto dal Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 55: 1-4 (page 2, fig. Description of a working ant)
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 eol.org. - Taxonomy. Date of treatment July 23, 2014.