Myrmica ferganensis

Poorly known. M. ferganensis mainly inhabits mountain meadows and river banks at altitudes over 2000 m where it builds nests in the soil, often under stones.

Identification
A member of the dshungarica group. Similar to Myrmica juglandeti, but differs from it by the weakly developed striae surrounding antennal sockets. Often they are completely absent. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)

Key to Myrmica of the Middle Asian Mountains

Distribution
Tien-Shan, Alai, Pamir.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan.

Nomenclature

 *  ferganensis. Myrmica laevinodis var. ferganensis Finzi, 1926: 84 (w.) KYRGYZSTAN. [First available use of Myrmica rubra subsp. laevinodis var. ferganensis Karavaiev, 1916: 503; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of ruginodolaevinodis: Sadil, 1952: 241. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Arnol'di, 1976a: 550. Junior synonym of rubra: Tarbinsky, 1976: 40. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Radchenko, 1994a: 41; Radchenko, 1994c: 137 (in key); Radchenko, 1994f: 74. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 133.

Type Material
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Riv. Kirgiz-ata, about 9000 feet, Fergana Prov., summer 1914, leg. B. Svarchevsky. Under stone on river bank. Many workers.

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - from the name Fergana with the Latin suffix ensis = place of origin, to indicate that the types were taken in Fergana province of Kyrgyzstan.