Myrmica whymperi

Distribution
This taxon was described from the United States.

Nomenclature

 *  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; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of sulcinodoides: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 502. [Wheeler gives sulcinodoides as the senior synonym, but whymperi has priority and hence is senior synonym of sulcinodoides and its junior synonym frigida: Bolton, 1995b: 284.]
 * frigida. Myrmica brevinodis var. frigida Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 502 (w.) CANADA. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. brevinodis var. frigida Forel, 1902i: 699; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of sulcinodoides: Wheeler, W.M. 1917e: 16; Weber, 1950b: 195.
 * sulcinodoides. Myrmica brevinodis var. sulcinodoides Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 502 (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. brevinodis var. sulcinodoides Emery, 1895c: 313; unavailable name.] Wheeler, W.M. 1907b: 76 (q.m.). Junior synonym of brevinodis: Creighton, 1950a: 96. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21. Subspecies of incompleta: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1349. Revived status as species: Mackay, Lowrie, et al. 1988: 92 (in key). Senior synonym of frigida: Wheeler, W.M. 1917e: 16; Weber, 1950b: 195; of whymperi: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 502. [Wheeler gives sulcinodoides as senior synonym, but whymperi has priority over sulcinodoides and frigida, and hence is first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 284.]