Manica parasitica
(Creighton, 1934)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Manica bradleyi (Wheeler, 1909)
Myrmica (Manica) parasitica
Creighton, 1934:
185 (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 13 syntype workers. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Yosemite Nat. Park, Tenaya Lake on Tioga Pass road, Polly Dome (ca 8600 ft) (W.S. Creighton). Primary type depositories: LACM, MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005974.
- Combination in Manica: Weber, 1947b: 440
- Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 109; Smith, 1951c: 791; Kutter, 1968c: 203; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b: 159; Smith, 1979: 1352; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 25 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 249; Ward, 2005: 33; He et al., 2024: 388 (error).
- Junior synonym of Manica bradleyi: Prebus et al., 2023: 6; Zharkov et al., 2024: 16.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Creighton, W. S. 1934. Descriptions of three new North American ants with certain ecological observations on previously described forms. Psyche (Cambridge) 41:185-200. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- He, Y.; Chen, Z.; Du, C. 2024. Review of the ant genus Manica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a new record of the genus in China and description of a new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97:379-398. [online early] 10.3897/jhr.97.111418 PDF
- Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
- Prebus, M.; Georgiev, B. B.; van de Kamp, T.; Hamann, E.; Baker, I.; Rabeling, C. 2023. The rediscovery of the putative ant social parasite Manica parasitica syn. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals an unexpected endoparasite syndrome. Biology Letters 19: 20230399:1-7. 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0399 PDF
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
- Weber, N. A. 1947b. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. I. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 40:437-474. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1970b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63:648-656. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
- Zharkov, D. M.; Dubovikoff, D. A.; Fu, Y.; Abakumov, E. V. 2024. Manica shanyii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is not Manica. Ecologica Montenegrina 78:11-16. [online early] 10.37828/em.2024.78.2 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae