Myrmica whymperi

Myrmica whymperi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica incompleta)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	Myrmica whymperi Forel, 1913 Syntype Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

• whymperi. Myrmica brevinodis var. whymperi Forel, 1913l: 215 (w.) U.S.A.
  • [First available use of Myrmica rubra r. brevinodis var. whymperi Forel, 1904a: 154 (w.) U.S.A.; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Synonym of sulcinodoides: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 502; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 789.
  • [Note: Wheeler, and Smith, M.R., give sulcinodoides as senior synonym, but whymperi has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 284).]
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 284; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 168.
  • Junior synonym of incompleta: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 18.

References

• Forel, A. 1904b. Fourmis de British Columbia récoltées par M. Ed. Whymper. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 48: 152-155 (page 154, First available use of Myrmica rubra r. brevinodis var. whymperi; unavailable name)
• Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 215, worker described; Myrmica brevinodis whymperi)
• Shattuck, S.O., Cover, S. 2016. Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4175: 10–22 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 502, Junior synonym of sulcinodoides)