Myrmica scabrinodis turcica

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Myrmica turcica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica specioides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica scabrinodis turcica
Santschi, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • turcica. Myrmica scabrinodis var. turcica Santschi, 1931b: 343 (w.q.) TURKEY. Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 314 (m.). Raised to species: Seifert, 1988b: 18. Junior synonym of specioides: Seifert, 2011: 183. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 230; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 312.


References

  • Seifert, B. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Eurasian Myrmica salina species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 83: 169-186.