Myrmica cagnianti

Probably very similar to that of Myrmica aloba. However, the only recorded data is that it inhabits humid biotopes in mountains between 1650 and 2600 m. and its colonies are polygynous (Espadaler 1996).

Identification
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - A member of the scabrinodis-complex of the scabrinodis species group. It is probably endemic to the Atlas mountains and is closely related to Myrmica aloba, differing from that species only by its fine sculpture, by the shape of petiole, etc. (for details see Espadaler 1996).

Key to Myrmica of West Europe and North Africa

Distribution
Morocco, Algeria (Atlas Mts.).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Morocco.

Nomenclature

 *  cagnianti. Myrmica cagnianti Espadaler, 1996: 68, figs. 1-12 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 108.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Morocco, Oukaimeden, Higher Atlas, from a colony collected under stone at 2450 m, ncar a small stream, 12 V 1983, Espadaler leg., in author's collection. Paratypes: 46 workers, 18 females, 4 males, Morocco, Oukaimeden, Higher Atlas, from a colony collected under stone at 2450 m, near a small stream, 12 V 1983, Espadaler leg. Two worker paratypes and one female at the following institutions: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard; Museum d'Histoire Naturellc, Geneve; Museum d'Histoire Naturellc, Paris.

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - the author dedicated this species to his friend, the myrmecologist Prof. Henri Cagniant of The Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France.