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Genus: Manica   Jurine, 1807 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

6 species

Manica Jurine, 1807: 276. Type-species: Formica rubida, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 166. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Manica in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Wheeler, 1922: 660; all subsequent authors.
Manica as junior synonym of Myrmica: Roger, 1863b: 28; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 431; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 460; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 108; Forel, 1915d: 9.
Manica as subgenus of Myrmica: Emery, 1921c: 42; Wheeler, 1922: 660; Smith, 1951c: 791.
Manica as genus: Jurine, 1807: 276; Weber, 1947b PDF: 439; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 105; Smith, 1958c: 113; all subsequent authors.
Genus Manica references
Wheeler, 1914e PDF: 119 (U.S.A. species key); Emery, 1921c: 42 (diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 108 (North America species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 125 (diagnosis); Smith, 1979: 1352 (North America catalogue); Allred, 1982: 440 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 25 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 13 (Japan species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 249 (catalogue).

Taxon Page Images:



Manica bradleyi Nevada County, California, USA.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Nearctic, Palearctic bioregions.

Indomalaya Region: Asia
Nearctic Region: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North America, Oregon, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Neotropical Region: Americas
Palearctic Region: Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Małopolskie, Montenegro, Piemonte, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southern Europe, Switzerland, Turkey, Western Europe, Zurich

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68

Genus Manica JurineHNS

All four North American species of this Holarctic genus occur in California, where they are confined to montane and high desert locations. Detailed notes on the distribution and nesting habits of the species are given by Wheeler and Wheeler (1970a). One species, M. parasitica CreightonHNS, is known only from peculiar shiny workers collected in the nests of M. bradleyi (Wheeler)HNS, of which it is presumed to be a parasite, but its taxonomic status remains unclear.

Species identification: keys in Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g). Additional references: Creighton (1934), Fales et al. (1972), Went et al. (1972), Wheeler and Wheeler (1968b, 1970a), Wheeler (1914e).



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