Genus: Myrmica
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Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Myrmica
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
Extant: 196 species, 13 subspecies
Fossil: 16 species
Myrmica Type-species: Formica rubra, by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1810 PDF: 437; see also Yarrow, 1955c PDF: 113. AntCat AntWiki
Taxonomic history
| Myrmica in Myrmicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 180. |
| Myrmica in Poneridae, Myrmicidae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 114. |
| Myrmica in Myrmicidae: Smith, 1871b PDF: 324; Cresson, 1887: 260. |
| Myrmica in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 396 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1857a PDF: 70 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 62 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 19 [Myrmicidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 460 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 108. |
| Myrmica in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Forel, 1895b PDF: 125; Emery, 1895l PDF: 769; Forel, 1899b: 63; Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 140; Emery, 1914e: 40; Wheeler, 1915i PDF: 59; Forel, 1917 PDF: 241; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 96; Emery, 1921c: 36; Wheeler, 1922: 660; all subsequent authors. |
Genus Myrmica references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 396, 397 (diagnosis, Austria species key); Smith, 1858a PDF: 114 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1861 PDF: 62 (Europe species key); Roger, 1863b PDF: 28 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 429 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 19 (diagnosis); André, 1874: 192 (Europe species key); Forel, 1874 PDF: 75 (Switzerland species key); André, 1883a: 315 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 260 (U.S.A. catalogue); Provancher, 1887: 246 (Canada species key); Nasonov, 1889: 71 (Russia species key); Lameere, 1892: 68 (Belgium species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 108 (catalogue); Forel, 1903a PDF: 696 (India species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 267 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Ruzsky, 1905b: 652 (Russian Empire species key); Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 15 (Luxemburg species key); Emery, 1908a PDF: 165 (Palaearctic species key); Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 493 (Belgium species key); Stitz, 1914 PDF: 70 (Central Europe species key); Donisthorpe, 1915f: 110 (Britain species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 121 (Italy species key); Wheeler, 1916r: 581 (U.S.A., Connecticut species key); Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 98 (France & Belgium species key); Emery, 1921c: 36 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1922c PDF: 117 (Sifolinia diagnosis, catalogue); Finzi, 1926 PDF: 77 (diagnosis, European species key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e PDF: 190 (Turkestan species key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 258 (Ukraine species key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 118 (Britain species key); Arnol'di, 1933a: 599 (Russia species key); Arnol'di, 1934 PDF: 151 (former European U.S.S.R. species, biometrics); Karavaiev, 1934: 63 (Ukraine species key); Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 293 (Himalaya & Tibet species key); Stitz, 1939: 74 (Germany species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b: 75 (Central Europe species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 75 (Central Europe species key); Cole, 1942: 367 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 168 (Norway species key); Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 199 (Norway species key); Buren, 1944a PDF: 281 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Boven, 1947: 175 (Belgium species key); Weber, 1947b PDF: 444 (North America species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 92 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 124 (Asia checklist); Sadil, 1952 PDF: 264 (Czechia & Slovakia species key); Collingwood, 1958d PDF: 65 (Britain species key); Boven, 1959: 7 (Netherlands species key); Gregg, 1963: 290 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 96 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Collingwood, 1964b PDF: 101 (Britain species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 107 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 156 (Sifolinia diagnosis); Boven, 1970b: 16 (Netherlands species key); Arnol'di, 1970b PDF: 1832 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Kutter, 1973d PDF: 253 (morphology, satellite genera, Sifolinia, Sommimyrma, Symbiomyrma, key to first); Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 5 (Britain species key); Arnol'di, 1976a PDF: 554 (central Asia & Kazakhstan species key); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 20 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Boven, 1977: 94 (Belgium species key); Kutter, 1977c: 43 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 530 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 78 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 41 (Fennoscandia & Denmark species key); Smith, 1979: 1347, 1351 (North America Myrmica, Paramyrmica catalogues); Francoeur, 1981c PDF: 755 (Myrmica lampra group); Allred, 1982: 440 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 294 (Germany species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 22 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Kupyanskaya, 1986a PDF: 83 (Far Eastern Russia Myrmica lobicornis group, key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 62 (Norway species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 267 (Balkans species key); Seifert, 1988b: 43 (Europe, Asia Minor & Caucasus species key); Bolton, 1988a PDF: 3 (diagnosis, review of genus, venation); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 181 (Turkmenistan species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 92 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 8 (Japan species key); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 80 (Bulgaria species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 20 (Armenia species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 105 (South Siberia species key); Radchenko, 1994d PDF: 130 (Central & Eastern Palaearctic species key); Douwes, 1995: 86 (Sweden species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 337 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 277 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 91 (China species key); Seifert, 1996B: 140 (Central Europe species key); Skinner & Allen, 1996: 45 (Britain species key); Radchenko, Czechowski & Czechowsa, 1997: 481 (Poland species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 12 (Portugal species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 PDF: 3 (Myrmica ritae group, key); Elmes & Radchenko, 1998 PDF: 218 (Taiwan species key); Wei, Zhou, He & Liu, 2001 PDF: 561 (China species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2001: 262 (Himalaya species key); Czechowski, Radchenko & Czechowska, 2002 PDF: 141 (Poland species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 239 (Palaearctic socially parasitic species key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 133 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Radchenko, 2005b: 192 (North Korea species key); Radchenko, Elmes & Viet, 2006 PDF: 43 (Vietnam species key); Radchenko, Elmes & Alicata, 2006 PDF: 531 (Palaearctic Myrmica schencki group key); Seifert, 2007: 131 (North and Central Europe species key); Francoeur, 2007 PDF: 156 (Myrmica punctiventris group key); Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007 PDF: 1497 (late Eocene amber species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 160 (Taiwan species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2009A PDF: 85 (Myrmica pachei group key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 713 (Palaearctic, Oriental, all species revision, keys).
Genus Myrmica references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 396, 397 (diagnosis, Austria species key); Smith, 1858a PDF: 114 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1861 PDF: 62 (Europe species key); Roger, 1863b PDF: 28 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 429 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 19 (diagnosis); André, 1874: 192 (Europe species key); Forel, 1874 PDF: 75 (Switzerland species key); André, 1883a: 315 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 260 (U.S.A. catalogue); Provancher, 1887: 246 (Canada species key); Nasonov, 1889: 71 (Russia species key); Lameere, 1892: 68 (Belgium species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 108 (catalogue); Forel, 1903a PDF: 696 (India species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 267 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Ruzsky, 1905b: 652 (Russian Empire species key); Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 15 (Luxemburg species key); Emery, 1908a PDF: 165 (Palaearctic species key); Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 493 (Belgium species key); Stitz, 1914 PDF: 70 (Central Europe species key); Donisthorpe, 1915f: 110 (Britain species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 121 (Italy species key); Wheeler, 1916r: 581 (U.S.A., Connecticut species key); Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 98 (France & Belgium species key); Emery, 1921c: 36 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1922c PDF: 117 (Sifolinia diagnosis, catalogue); Finzi, 1926 PDF: 77 (diagnosis, European species key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e PDF: 190 (Turkestan species key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 258 (Ukraine species key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 118 (Britain species key); Arnol'di, 1933a: 599 (Russia species key); Arnol'di, 1934 PDF: 151 (former European U.S.S.R. species, biometrics); Karavaiev, 1934: 63 (Ukraine species key); Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 293 (Himalaya & Tibet species key); Stitz, 1939: 74 (Germany species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b: 75 (Central Europe species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 75 (Central Europe species key); Cole, 1942: 367 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 168 (Norway species key); Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 199 (Norway species key); Buren, 1944a PDF: 281 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Boven, 1947: 175 (Belgium species key); Weber, 1947b PDF: 444 (North America species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 92 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 124 (Asia checklist); Sadil, 1952 PDF: 264 (Czechia & Slovakia species key); Collingwood, 1958d PDF: 65 (Britain species key); Boven, 1959: 7 (Netherlands species key); Gregg, 1963: 290 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 96 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Collingwood, 1964b PDF: 101 (Britain species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 107 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 156 (Sifolinia diagnosis); Boven, 1970b: 16 (Netherlands species key); Arnol'di, 1970b PDF: 1832 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Kutter, 1973d PDF: 253 (morphology, satellite genera, Sifolinia, Sommimyrma, Symbiomyrma, key to first); Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 5 (Britain species key); Arnol'di, 1976a PDF: 554 (central Asia & Kazakhstan species key); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 20 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Boven, 1977: 94 (Belgium species key); Kutter, 1977c: 43 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 530 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 78 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 41 (Fennoscandia & Denmark species key); Smith, 1979: 1347, 1351 (North America Myrmica, Paramyrmica catalogues); Francoeur, 1981c PDF: 755 (Myrmica lampra group); Allred, 1982: 440 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 294 (Germany species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 22 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Kupyanskaya, 1986a PDF: 83 (Far Eastern Russia Myrmica lobicornis group, key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 62 (Norway species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 267 (Balkans species key); Seifert, 1988b: 43 (Europe, Asia Minor & Caucasus species key); Bolton, 1988a PDF: 3 (diagnosis, review of genus, venation); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 181 (Turkmenistan species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 92 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 8 (Japan species key); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 80 (Bulgaria species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 20 (Armenia species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 105 (South Siberia species key); Radchenko, 1994d PDF: 130 (Central & Eastern Palaearctic species key); Douwes, 1995: 86 (Sweden species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 337 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 277 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 91 (China species key); Seifert, 1996B: 140 (Central Europe species key); Skinner & Allen, 1996: 45 (Britain species key); Radchenko, Czechowski & Czechowsa, 1997: 481 (Poland species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 12 (Portugal species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 PDF: 3 (Myrmica ritae group, key); Elmes & Radchenko, 1998 PDF: 218 (Taiwan species key); Wei, Zhou, He & Liu, 2001 PDF: 561 (China species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2001: 262 (Himalaya species key); Czechowski, Radchenko & Czechowska, 2002 PDF: 141 (Poland species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 239 (Palaearctic socially parasitic species key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 133 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Radchenko, 2005b: 192 (North Korea species key); Radchenko, Elmes & Viet, 2006 PDF: 43 (Vietnam species key); Radchenko, Elmes & Alicata, 2006 PDF: 531 (Palaearctic Myrmica schencki group key); Seifert, 2007: 131 (North and Central Europe species key); Francoeur, 2007 PDF: 156 (Myrmica punctiventris group key); Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007 PDF: 1497 (late Eocene amber species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 160 (Taiwan species key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2009A PDF: 85 (Myrmica pachei group key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 713 (Palaearctic, Oriental, all species revision, keys); Czechowski, Radchenko, et al. 2012: 357 (Poland species key).
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Myrmica arnoldii
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Myrmica brevispinosa
Myrmica ca02
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Myrmica curiosa
Myrmica deplanata
Myrmica detritinodis
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Myrmica draco
Myrmica dshungarica
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Myrmica emeryi
Myrmica ereptrix
Myrmica excelsa
Myrmica fortior
Myrmica fracticornis
Myrmica gallienii
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Myrmica hamulata trullicornis
Myrmica hecate
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Myrmica incompleta
Myrmica indet
Myrmica indica
Myrmica inezae
Myrmica jessensis
Myrmica jtl003
Myrmica karavajevi
Myrmica koreana
Myrmica kotokui
Myrmica kozlovi
Myrmica kryzhanovskii
Myrmica kurokii
Myrmica laevinodis
Myrmica latifrons
Myrmica laurae
Myrmica lobicornis
Myrmica lobifrons
Myrmica lobulicornis
Myrmica lonae
Myrmica margaritae
Myrmica mexicana
Myrmica mirabilis
Myrmica monticola
Myrmica myrmicoxena
Myrmica nearctica
Myrmica nefaria
Myrmica nitida
†Myrmica obsoleta
Myrmica onoyamai
Myrmica ordinaria
Myrmica pachei
Myrmica pinetorum
Myrmica polyglypta
Myrmica pseudorugosa
Myrmica punctinops
Myrmica punctiventris
Myrmica quebecensis
Myrmica ravasinii
Myrmica rhytida
Myrmica rigatoi
Myrmica ritae
Myrmica rubra
Myrmica ruginodis
Myrmica rugiventris
Myrmica rugosa
Myrmica rugulosa
Myrmica rupestris
Myrmica sabuleti
Myrmica salina
Myrmica saposhnikovi
Myrmica scabrinodis
Myrmica schencki
Myrmica schoedii
Myrmica siciliana
Myrmica sinensis
Myrmica slovaca
Myrmica smythiesii
Myrmica spatulata
Myrmica specioides
Myrmica spinosior
Myrmica stangeana
Myrmica striolagaster
Myrmica striolagaster_nr
Myrmica sulcinodis
Myrmica sulcinodoides
Myrmica tahoensis
Myrmica tenuispina
Myrmica tibetana
Myrmica tulinae
Myrmica urbanii
Myrmica vandeli
Myrmica varisculpta
Myrmica villosa
Myrmica vittata
Myrmica wardi
Myrmica wheeleri
Myrmica whymperii
Myrmica williamsi
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