Myrmica montana

Myrmica montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. montana
Binomial name
Myrmica montana Buckley, 1867

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Nomenclature

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

• montana. Myrmica (Monomorium) montana Buckley, 1867: 339 (w.) U.S.A. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of montana Labram & Imhoff, 1838, pl. 36, figs. 1-3, above (Bolton, 1995b: 281).] Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1414. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica: Bolton, 1995b: 281. See also: Emery, 1895c: 338; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 27 (possible combinations in Pogonomyrmex or Tetramorium).

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 339, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 338, see also)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 27, see also)