Myrmica latifrons

Myrmica latifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. latifrons
Binomial name
Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927 Specimen labels
Synonyms
Myrmica schencki emeryana Cole, 1942

Identification

Keys including this Species

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 56.229° to 31.34444°.

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

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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.

Biology

Life History Traits

• Queen number: monogynous (Rissing and Pollock, 1988; Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)

Castes

Male

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0104816. 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.

• latifrons. Myrmica schencki subsp. latifrons Stärcke, 1927: 84 (w.) U.S.A. Raised to species: Bolton, 1995b: 280. Senior synonym of emeryana: Weber, 1948a: 298; Smith, M.R. 1954d: 138; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 12. [All give latifrons as the junior synonym, but it has priority over emeryana and is the first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 280.]
• emeryana. Myrmica schencki subsp. emeryana Cole, 1942: 368 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis r. schencki var. emeryana Forel, 1914c: 617; unavailable name.] Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953a: 114 (l.). Subspecies of schencki: Buren, 1944a: 283. Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a: 98; Cole, 1953d: 243. Synonym of latifrons: Weber, 1948a: 298; Smith, M.R. 1954d: 138; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 12. [All these authors give emeryana as the senior synonym, but latifrons has priority and is the first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 278.]

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 280, Raised to species: new status)
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