Myrmica smythiesi himalayana

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Myrmica smythiesi himalayana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica smythiesii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica smythiesi himalayana
Weber, 1947

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Syntype Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • himalayana. Myrmica smythiesi subsp. himalayana Weber, 1947: 460 (w.) INDIA. Junior synonym of smythiesii: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a: 253.

References

  • Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G.W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 23: 237-276 (page 253, Junior synonym of smythiesii)
  • 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 (page 460, worker described)