Myrmica rubra decedens

Myrmica rubra decedens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica brevispinosa)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	Myrmica rubra decedens Wheeler, W.M., 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

• decedens. Myrmica brevinodis var. decedens Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 503 (w.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. brevinodis var. decedens Wheeler, W.M. 1907b: 75; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of brevispinosa: Weber, 1950b: 198.

References

• 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.

• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569.