Myrmica eidmanni

Myrmica eidmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. eidmanni
Binomial name
Myrmica eidmanni Menozzi, 1930 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Myrmica lobicornis littoralis Weber, 1948

Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Despite M. eidmanni being widely distributed in the Taiga Zone, it avoids dense forests and is more common at relatively low altitudes in anthropogenic environments (the highest altitude recorded is 2100 m). Its preferred habitats are grasslands, forest clearings, roadsides, riverbanks, sandy lakeshores and peat bogs but it lives also in sparse forests (pine, larch) and their edges and glades, where it builds nests in the soil, often under stones, and in soil and moss mounds (Dmitrienko, Petrenko 1976; Kupyanskaya 1990). Colonies are moderately polygynous (ranging from 1-5 queens) and contain on average 500 workers. Sexual forms emerge in July-August, nuptial flight in August-September.

Identification

A member of the lobicornis complex of the lobicornis species group. Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - M. eidmanni is distributed from Altai Mts. to the Pacific Ocean and was previously determined by most Russian entomologists as M. jessensis (see Radchenko 2005). It is closely related to Myrmica jessensis, which is mainly distributed in Japan, but clearly differs from the latter by its wider frons and less extended frontal lobes (see Notes for M. jessensis).

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmica of China
• Key to Myrmica of species of East Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, Korean Peninsula, northern China, and Japan

Distribution

South Siberia (from Altai Mt. in the west), Mongolia, Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula, NE China.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 49.0725° to 48.96944444°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Russian Federation (type locality).

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• eidmanni. Myrmica eidmanni Menozzi, 1930d: 331, fig. 3 (w.) RUSSIA. Subspecies of scabrinodis: Weber, 1950b: 204. Revived status as species and senior synonym of littoralis: Radchenko, 2005b: 139. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 127.
• littoralis. Myrmica lobicornis subsp. littoralis Weber, 1948a: 287 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis subsp. lobicornis var. littoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928b: 33; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of jessensis: Kupyanskaya, 1986a: 85; of eidmanni: Radchenko, 2005b: 139; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 127.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Etymology

M. eidmanni: dedicated to Mennozzi's friend, the entomologist and expeditionist Prof. Hermann A. Eidmann (1897-1949) of the University of Gottingen. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)

References

• Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
• Menozzi, C. 1930h. Formicidae. Pp. 327-332 in: Eidmann, H. Entomologishe Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Ostasien. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 79:308-335. (page 331, fig. 3 worker described)
• Radchenko, A. 2005b. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici 55(2): 127-221 (page 139, stst. rev., raised to species)
• Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.
• Weber, N. A. 1950c. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. III. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 43: 189-226 (page 204, Subspecies of scabrinodis)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Antonov I. A. 2013. Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cities of the Temperate Zone of Eurasia. Russian Journal of Ecology 44(6): 523–526.
• Chen Z. L., S. Y. Zhou, and J. H. Huang. 2016. Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 551: 85–128.
• Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Jansen G., R. Savolainen, K. Vespalainen. 2010. Phylogeny, divergence-time estimation, biogeography and social parasite–host relationships of the Holarctic ant genusMyrmica(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 294-304.
• Lelej A. S. 2012. Annotated catalogue of the Insects of Russian Far East. Volume 1. Hymenoptera. Dalnauka: Vladivostok. 635 p.
• Pfeiffer M., R. Schultz, A. Radchenko, S. Yamane, M. Woyciechowski, U. Aibek, and B. Seifert. 2007. A critical checklist of the ants of Mongolia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55: 1-8.
• Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55: 127-221.
• Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici 55(2): 127-221.
• Weber N. A. 1948. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41: 267-308.
• Yamane S. 2007. Ants of Mongolia. The Nature and Insects. 42: 20-25
• Yamane S., and U. Aibek. 2012. Distribution of Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Mongolia. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 18(1): 171-185.
• Yamane S., and U. Aibek. 2012. Distribution of Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Mongolia. Jpn. J. Syst. Ent. 18(1): 171-185.