Myrmica detritinodis

In Maine, Ouellette et al. (2010) found Myrmica detritinodis to be one of the most abundantly encountered ant species and codominate with Lasius alienus within the deciduous and coniferous forest, scrub/shrub, and rocky outcrop habitats. It is common throughout Maine in strip-clearcut and dense spruce-fir forest habitats, often nesting within rotting conifer logs and stumps (Krombein et al. 1979, Jennings et al. 1986, Lough 1997) and under rocks (Ouellette et al. 2010).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: Canada, United States.



Castes

 * Worker

Nomenclature

 *  detritinodis. Myrmica scabrinodis var. detritinodis Emery, 1921f: 40 (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. scabrinodis var. detritinodis Emery, 1895c: 316; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of fracticornis: Weber, 1948a: 276; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 790 (misspelled as detrinodis). Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Ouellette, et al. 2010: 1450.