Myrmica rugiventris

Myrmica rugiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. rugiventris
Binomial name
Myrmica rugiventris (Smith, M.R., 1943) Specimen labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmica of North America

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.486912° to 31.874752°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Worker;

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0102856. Photographer Jen Fogarty, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Queen

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Male

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

• rugiventris. Tetramorium rugiventris Smith, M.R. 1943b: 4 (w.) U.S.A. Gregg, 1961: 218 (q.m.). Combination in Myrmica: Brown, 1957d: 6; in Paramyrmica: Gregg, 1961: 215; in Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 6.

References

• Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 6, Combination in Myrmica)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1957d. Is the ant genus Tetramorium native in North America? Breviora 72: 1-8 (page 6, Combination in Myrmica)
• Gregg, R. E. 1961. The status of certain myrmicine ants in western North America with a consideration of the genus Paramyrmica Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 69: 209-220 (page 218, queen, male described)
• Gregg, R. E. 1961. The status of certain myrmicine ants in western North America with a consideration of the genus Paramyrmica Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 69: 209-220 (page 215, Combination in Paramyrmica)
• Smith, M. R. 1943b. Ants of the genus Tetramorium in the United States with the description of a new species. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 45: 1-5 (page 4, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cover S. P., and R. A. Johnson. 20011. Checklist of Arizona Ants. Downloaded on January 7th at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/AZants-2011%20updatev2.pdf
• Des Lauriers J., and D. Ikeda. 2017. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California, USA with an annotated list. In: Reynolds R. E. (Ed.) Desert Studies Symposium. California State University Desert Studies Consortium, 342 pp. Pages 264-277.
• Johnson R. Personnal Database. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/resources.htm
• Ward P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936: 1-68.