Myrmica denticornis

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Myrmica denticornis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica lobicornis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica denticornis
Curtis, 1854

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmica lobicornis.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • denticornis. Myrmica denticornis Curtis, 1854: 215, figs. 18, 19 (w.m.) GREAT BRITAIN. Smith, F. 1855b: 121 (q.). Junior synonym of lobicornis: Mayr, 1861: 63.

References

  • Curtis, J. 1854. On the genus Myrmica and other indigenous ants. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 21: 211-220 (page 215, figs. 18, 19 worker, male described)
  • Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. (page 63, Junior synonym of lobicornis)
  • Smith, F. 1855b. Essay on the genera and species of British Formicidae. [concl.]. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (2) 3: 113-135 (page 121, queen described)