Myrmica detritinodis

Myrmica detritinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. detritinodis
Binomial name
	Myrmica detritinodis; Emery, 1921 Lecotytype Specimen Label

In Maine, Ouellette et al. (2010) found Myrmica detritinodis to be one of the most abundantly encountered ant species and codominate with Lasius americanus within the deciduous and coniferous forest, scrub/shrub, and rocky outcrop habitats. It is common throughout Maine in strip-clearcut and dense spruce-fir forest habitats, often nesting within rotting conifer logs and stumps (Krombein et al. 1979, Jennings et al. 1986, Lough 1997) and under rocks (Ouellette et al. 2010).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 55.15° to 23.34616667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: Canada, United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Worker


.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Queen


.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Male


.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

detritinodis. Myrmica scabrinodis var. detritinodis Emery, 1921f: 40 (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. scabrinodis var. detritinodis Emery, 1895c: 316; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of fracticornis: Weber, 1948a: 276; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 790 (misspelled as detrinodis). Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Ouellette, et al. 2010: 1450.

Description

References

Carroll, T.M. 2011. The ants of Indiana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). M.S. thesis, Purdue University.
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Jennings, D. T., M. W. Housewart, and A. Francoeur. 1986. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with strip clearcut and dense spruce-Þr forests of Maine. Can. Entomol. 118: 43-50.
Krombein, K. V., P. D. Hurd, D. R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Lough, K. F. 1997. The short and long-term effects of herbicide application in Maine clearcuts on ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). M.S. thesis, University of Maine, Orono.
Ouellette, G.D., Drummond, F.A., Choate, B. & Groden, E. 2010. Ant diversity and distribution in Acadia National Park, Maine. Environmental Entomology 39: 1447-1556.
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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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Ouellette G. D. and A. Francoeur. 2012. Formicidae [Hymenoptera] diversity from the Lower Kennebec Valley Region of Maine. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 8: 48-51
Ouellette G. D., F. A. Drummond, B. Choate and E. Groden. 2010. Ant diversity and distribution in Acadia National Park, Maine. Environmental Entomology 39: 1447-1556
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