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Myrmica brancuccii
| Myrmica brancuccii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Myrmica |
| Species: | M. brancuccii |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko, Elmes & Collingwood, 1999
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Little is known about the biology of Myrmica brancuccii. One sample was collected at an altitude 2400 m. (Radchenko, Elmes & Collingwood, 1999; Bharti et al., 2016).
Identification
Well discriminated from almost all Old World Myrmica by its striato-punctated first gastral tergite, sharing this unusual feature only with Myrmica sculptiventris from SW China, but the latter species clearly differs from M. brancuccii by the transversal rugosity on the mesonotal and propodeal dorsum. Workers are very variable in size, so that this could be a relatively polymorphic species in comparison with other Myrmica species. We can not place this species with certainty into any species group. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nepal (type locality), Pakistan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Known only from the worker caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brancuccii. Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko, Elmes & Collingwood, in Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a: 30, fig. 1 (1-5) (w.) NEPAL. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 106.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Holotype, w, "Nepal, Utrot, l3.v.83, leg. M. Brancucci" (LONDON); paratypes: 5 w, with the same label as holotype; 14 w, "Nepal, Lawarai, 21.05.83, lcg. M. Brancucci"; 1 w, "Nepal, Lumle, vi.88, leg. Collingwood"; 9 w, "Pakistan, Chitral V., bctween Dir and Lavari Pass, 2400 m, 1l.viii.1994, leg. S. Dacatra" (LONDON, BASLE, LEEDS, MILAN, KIEV, ELMES).
Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - this species was dedicated to the well-known coleopterologist, Prof. Michael Brancucci, of the Natural History Museum Basle, who collected the type material.
References
- Bharti, H., Sasi, S., Radchenko, A. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63, 956-975 (DOI 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i3.1145).
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W.; Collingwood, C. A. 1999. [Untitled. Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko, Elmes & Collingwood, sp. n.] Pp. 30-31 in: Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999a. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestn. Zool. 33(3): 27-46. (page 30, fig. 1 (1-5) worker described)
- Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.
- Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B. 2019. Status of ant research and species first described from Nepal with new distribution records. Journal of Natural History Museum. 31:57-78.
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
- Bharti H., S. Sasi, and A. Radchenko. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63(3): 956-975.
- Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 1999. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestnik Zoologii 33(3): 27-46.
- Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2001. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23: 237-276.
- Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp.
- Radchenko, A. G., and G. W. Elmes. "A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Entomologica Basiliensia 23 (2001): 237-276.
- Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.