Myrmica schenckioides

Myrmica schenckioides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica schencki)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	Myrmica schenckioides Boer & Noordijk, 2005

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

Nomenclature

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

• schenckioides. Myrmica schenckioides Boer & Noordijk, 2005: 120 figs. 1-4 (q.) NETHERLANDS. Junior synonym of schencki: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 266.

References

• Boer, P.; Noordijk, J. 2005. Myrmica schenckioides nov. sp., a new socially parasitic ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 65(4): 120-123.