Myrmica fracticornis

Myrmica fracticornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. fracticornis
Binomial name
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 Specimen Label

This species is a host for the xenobiotic ant Formicoxenus provancheri.

Identification

Syntype

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Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmica of North America
• Key to New England Myrmica

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 56.461° to 32.44245°.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0104832. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by UCDC, Davis, CA, USA.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0104833. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by UCDC, Davis, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• fracticornis. Myrmica lobicornis var. fracticornis Forel, 1901e: 371 (in text) (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. scabrinodis var. fracticornis Emery, 1895c: 313; unavailable name.] Weber, 1948a: 280 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953a: 117 (l.). Subspecies of scabrinodis: Wheeler, W.M. 1916m: 587; of lobicornis: Cole, 1942: 368; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 241; Creighton, 1950a: 100. Raised to species: Talbot, 1976: 245; Francoeur, 1977b: 206; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 12.

References

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• Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 313, First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. scabrinodis var. fracticornis; unavailable name)
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