Myrmica ordinaria

Nothing is known about the biology of Myrmica ordinaria (Bharti et al., 2016).

Identification
A member of the cachmiriensis complex of the rugosa species group based only on the features of the female castes because they most resemble Myrmica wardi and Myrmica cachmiriensis. Both queens and workers differ from M. wardi by having very finely punctated, more or less smooth surfaces between the rugae of the head and alitrunk; workers differ from those of M. wardi by having a flat (not concave) mesonotal dorsum and from M. cachmiriensis by the much darker colour of their body and relatively longer subdecumbent pilosity on the sides of the head. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)

Distribution
It is known only from the type localities from India (Kashmir) and Pakistan.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Castes
Males have not been collected.

Nomenclature

 *  ordinaria. Myrmica ordinaria Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a: 41, fig. 4 (11-16) (w.q.) INDIA. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 209.

Type Material
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Holotype, w, “India, Kashmir, Seven Springs. 29.07.86, leg. P. Williams” (London); paratypes: 23 w, 1 g, with the same label as holotype; 6 w, “Pakistan, Kalam, 2300 m, 12.07.94, leg. S. Dakatra” (London, Basle, Milan, Kiev, Elmes).

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - M. ordinaria: name derived from Latin word ordinarius = regular, ordinary, to indicate that this ~pecies falls somewhere in the middle of the range of variation of morphological features for genus Myrmica as a whole and in this sense is ordinary.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H., S. Sasi, and A. Radchenko. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63(3): 956-975.
 * Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
 * Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp.
 * Radchenko, A. G., and G. W. Elmes. "A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Entomologica Basiliensia 23 (2001): 237-276.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.