Myrmica hirsuta

This species is a social parasite found in the nests of Myrmica sabuleti.

Distribution
This taxon was described from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is also found in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and the Russian Federation.

Castes
Queens and males are commonly present. Workers are relatively rare in this social parasite.

Nomenclature

 *  hirsuta. Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978: 131, fig. 2 (q.m.) GREAT BRITAIN. Elmes, 1994: 439 (w.). See also: Collingwood, 1979: 51; Bolton, 1988a: 4; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 228; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 149.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Boer & Noordijk 2004.pdf|Boer, P.; Noordijk, J. 2004. De ruige gaststeekmier Myrmica hirsuta nieuw voor Nederland (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ned. Faun. Meded. 20: 25-32 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Elmes 1978.pdf|Elmes, G. W. 1978. A morphometric comparison of three closely related species of Myrmica (Formicidae), including a new species from England. Syst. Entomol. 3: 131-145 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Elmes 1994.pdf|Elmes, G. W. 1994. A population of the social parasite Myrmica hirsuta Elmes (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded from Jutland, Denmark, with a first description of the worker caste. Insectes Soc. 41: 437-442 PDF]]


 * Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.