Myrmica rubra yoshiokai

Myrmica rubra yoshiokai
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica ruginodis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	Myrmica rubra yoshiokai Weber, 1947 Syntype Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

• yoshiokai. Myrmica rubra subsp. yoshiokai Weber, 1947: 451 (w.) JAPAN. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1981: 26. Junior synonym of ruginodis: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 236.

References

• Collingwood, C. A. 1981. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Korea, 2. Folia Entomol. Hung. 42[3 34: 25-30.

• Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.

• Weber, N. A. 1947b. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. I. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 40: 437-474.