Myrmica symbiotica

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Myrmica symbiotica (Menozzi, 1925) junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846

Sommimyrma symbiotica Menozzi, 1925d: 25, fig. 1 (eq.?) ITALY. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen (?). Primary type locality: Italy: Monte Calvanella, “just above the main road Fanano Pievepelago” (C. Menozzi). Primary type depository: IEUB. Type notes: 1) Holotype identified as a Mermis-infested specimen by Csősz, 2012: 28. 2) Csősz, 2012: 28, points out that the data label on the holotype says: Sestola, Emilia, viii.1921 (C. Minozzi).

Combination in Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 4
Status as species: Stärcke, 1926a: 85; Kutter, 1968c: 202; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 74; Kutter, 1973d: 256; Bolton, 1988a: 4 (in table); Bolton, 1995b: 284; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 224; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 299.
Junior synonym of Myrmica scabrinodis: Csősz, 2012: 28

Obsolete combinations

Sommimyrma symbiotica

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287. PDF
Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 13:1-11. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Csősz, S. 2012. Nematode infection as significant source of unjustified taxonomic descriptions in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17:27-31. PDF
Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
Kutter, H. 1973d. Über die morphologischen Beziehungen der Gattung Myrmica zu ihren Satellitengenera Sifolinia Em., Symbiomyrma Arnoldi und Sommimyrma Menozzi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 46:253-268. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1925d ("1924"). Res mutinenses. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena 55[=(6)3]:22-47. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2003a. A taxonomic revision of the socially parasitic Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Palaearctic region. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 53:217-243. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp. PDF
Stärcke, A. 1926a. Determineertabel voor werkmieren uit Nederland en omliggend gebied, met inbegrip der in kassen zich voortplantende exoten. Levende Natuur 31:79-95, 117-125, 146-151. PDF

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