Myrmica minuta

Myrmica minuta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis molesta)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Myrmica minuta; Say, 1836

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

Nomenclature

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

minuta. Myrmica minuta Say, 1836: 294 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of molesta: Emery, 1895c: 277.

Karavaiev, V. 1929c. Beitrag zur Ameisenfauna der Wälder in der Umgegend von Brjansk. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 7:59-63 [= Tr. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 13:57-61]. (page 204?, worker, male described)
Karavaiev, V. 1934. The fauna of the family Formicidae (ants) of the Ukraine. Tr. Inst. Zool. Biol. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Ser. 1 Pr. Syst. Faun. 1934: 1-164 (page 74, Replacement name: constricta)
Arnol'di, K. V. 1976a. Ants of the genus Myrmica Latr. from Central Asia and the southern Kazakstan. Zool. Zh. 55: 547-558 (page 548, Raised to species)
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 73, Junior synonym of dshungarica)
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 670, worker described)
Say, T. 1836. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 209-305 (page 294, Unresolved junior primary homonym of minuta)