Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Myrmica lobicornis var. lobulicornis Nylander, 1857: lxxix (w.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Seifert, 2005 PDF: 4). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Mont-Dore, Salon du Capucin (
W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZMHF. Type notes: Lectotype labelled by Radchenko & Elmes, 2002; this designation was not published. Lectotype also designated by
Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 29.]
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Status as species:
Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 151;
Seifert, 2005 PDF: 6;
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 18;
Seifert, 2007: 210;
Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 29;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 490;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010 PDF: 191;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 131;
Lebas et al., 2016: 310;
Steiner et al., 2017: 14;
Seifert, 2018: 172.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Canary Islands Europe: Andorra,
Austria,
France,
Italy,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Alpine SLO
Biology:
Open alpine habitats
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in alpine meadow, 2 times found in Pinusmugo, 2 times found in Prado, 1 times found in pine forest on rocks.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times under stone, 1 times on the ground, 1 times ground foragers.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 4 times search, 4 times Hand.
Elevations: collected from 1600 - 2250 meters, 1927 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1915-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 2022-06-11 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: paralectotype of Myrmica arduennae pyrenaea: casent0904066; paratype of Myrmica lobicornis alpina: casent0913067; syntype of Myrmica arduennae pyrenaea: casent0913654
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