Myrmica

Identification
Key to Myrmica of West Europe and North Africa Workers / Key to Parasitic Myrmica of West Europe and North Africa Queens / Males

Key to Myrmica of East Europe, West Siberia, northern Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Turkmenistan and Iran

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Nomenclature

 *  MYRMICA [Myrmicinae: Myrmicini]
 * Myrmica Latreille, 1804: 179. Type-species: Formica rubra, by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1810: 437; see also Yarrow, 1955b: 113.
 * Myrmica senior synonym of Dodecamyrmica: Francoeur, 1981: 759.
 * Myrmica senior synonym of Paramyrmica, Sifolinia (and its junior synonym Symbiomyrma), Sommimyrma: Bolton, 1988a: 3; Bolton, 2003: 221.
 * Myrmica senior synonym of †Nothomyrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1495.
 * DODECAMYRMICA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * Dodecamyrmica Arnol'di, 1968: 1803 [as subgenus of Myrmica]. Type-species: Myrmica arnoldii, by original designation.
 * Dodecamyrmica junior synonym of Myrmica: Francoeur, 1981: 759.
 * †NOTHOMYRMICA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * †Nothomyrmica Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 60. Type-species: †Macromischa rudis, by original designation.
 * [†Nothomyrmica Wheeler, W.M. 1908g: 413, and Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 167, nomina nuda.]
 * †Nothomyrmica junior synonym of Myrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1495.
 * PARAMYRMICA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * Paramyrmica Cole, 1957a: 37. Type-species: Paramyrmica colax, by original designation.
 * Paramyrmica junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.
 * SIFOLINIA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * Sifolinia Emery, 1907: 49. Type-species: Sifolinia laurae, by monotypy.
 * Sifolinia senior synonym of Symbiomyrma: Samsinak, 1964: 156.
 * Sifolinia junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.
 * SOMMIMYRMA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * Sommimyrma Menozzi, 1925d: 25. Type-species: Sommimyrma symbiotica, by original designation.
 * Sommimyrma junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.
 * SYMBIOMYRMA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
 * Symbiomyrma Arnol'di, 1930c: 267. Type-species: Symbiomyrma karavajevi, by monotypy.
 * [Symbiomyrma also described as new by Arnol'di, 1933a: 41.]
 * Symbiomyrma junior synonym of Sifolinia: Samsinak, 1964: 156.
 * Symbiomyrma revived from synonymy: Seifert, 1994: 15; Seifert, 1996: 236.
 * Symbiomyrma junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3; Bolton, 1995b: 47; Bolton, 2003: 222; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003: 219.

Additional References
relationships of the Holarctic ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56: 294–304 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.029).
 * Gunther Jansen, Riitta Savolainen, Kari Vepsäläinen. 2010. Phylogeny, divergence-time estimation, biogeography and social parasite–host