Myrmica rolandi

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Myrmica rolandi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica aloba)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica rolandi
Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rolandi. Myrmica rolandi Bondroit, 1918: 101 (w.q.) FRANCE. Subspecies of sulcinodis: Santschi, 1919e: 244; Menozzi, 1922b: 325; of scabrinodis: Emery, 1921f: 40; Santschi, 1925g: 340; Santschi, 1931b: 344. Revived status as species: Finzi, 1926: 89; Bernard, 1967: 115. Junior synonym of aloba: Seifert, 1988b: 29.

References

  • Bernard, F. 1967a [1968]. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp. (page 115, Revived status as species)
  • Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 101, worker, queen, male described)
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 40, Variety/subspecies of scabrinodis)
  • Finzi, B. 1926. Le forme europee del genere Myrmica Latr. Primo contributo. Boll. Soc. Adriat. Sci. Nat. Trieste 29: 71-119 (page 89, Revived status as species)
  • Menozzi, C. 1922c. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de l'Espagne. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 22: 324-332 (page 325, Variety/subspecies of sulcinodis)
  • Santschi, F. 1919e. Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 241-248 (page 244, Variety/subspecies of sulcinodis)
  • Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 1: 339-360 (page 340, Variety/subspecies of scabrinodis)
  • Santschi, F. 1931c. Notes sur le genre Myrmica (Latreille). Rev. Suisse Zool. 38: 335-355 (page 344, Variety/subspecies of scabrinodis)
  • Seifert, B. 1988b. A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caucasia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 62(3): 1-75 (page 29, Junior synonym of aloba)