Myrmica bergi persiana

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Myrmica bergi persiana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica bergi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica bergi persiana
Weber, 1947

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Syntype Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • persiana. Myrmica bergi subsp. persiana Weber, 1947: 474. Replacement name for fortior Crawley, 1920a: 163. [Junior primary homonym of fortior Forel, 1904c: 22.] Junior synonym of bergi: Radchenko, 1994e: 76.

References

  • Crawley, W. C. 1920a. Ants from Mesopotamia and north-west Persia. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 32: 162-166 (page 163, Replacement name for fortior)
  • Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 22, Junior primary homonym of fortior)
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1994f. Survey of the species of the scabrinodis group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(9 9: 75-82 (page 76, Junior synonym of bergi)
  • Weber, N. A. 1947b. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. I. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 40: 437-474 (page 474, Myrmica bergi subsp. persiana)