Myrmica rubra subalpina

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

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

Nomenclature

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

• subalpina. Myrmica brevinodis var. subalpina Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 503 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
  • [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. brevinodis var. subalpina Wheeler, W.M. 1907b: 77 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Myrmica kozlovi subsp. subalpina Ruzsky, 1915a: 438 (Bolton, 1995b: 283).]
  • Subspecies of brevinodis: Emery, 1921f: 37.
  • Junior synonym of brevinodis: Weber, 1950b: 189.

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.