Myrmica balcanica

Myrmica balcanica Sadil, 1952 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918

Myrmica (Myrmica) balcanica Sadil, 1952: 253, figs. V, 1-18; VIII, 24; IX, 21; X, 8 (w.q.m.) CZECH REPUBLIC, CROATIA, SERBIA, BULGARIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Czech Republic: Praha-Hlubočepy, 1936 (Kult), Praha-Hlubočepy, 24.iv.1949 (Sadil), Lištice, nr Beroun, 14.viii.1941 (Farský), Sarká, nr Prague, 14.viii.1943 (Sadil), Vinařická hora, nr Kladno, 26.iii.1943 (Sadil), Katovka, nr Zákolany, 20.vi.1943 (Sadil), Hradiště, nr Litoměřice, 13.vi.1948 (Sadil), Hradiště, nr Litoměřice, 20.viii.1950 (Zedníček), Chomutov, 2.viii.1951 (Sadil), Brno-Hády, 5.vii.1936 (Hoffer), Pavlovské vrchy, 15.vii.1938 (Sadil), Croatia: Petrovo Selo, 26.vii.1938 (Novák), Serbia: Vlasenica, 30.vi.1938 (Novák), Konjic, 4.vii.1938 (Novák), Bulgaria: Ljulin, vi.1935 (Táborský). Primary type depositories: MIZW, NHMP. Type notes: Bezdĕčková et al., 2017: 300, cite 13 syntypes in NHMP.

[Misspelled as balcanina by Collingwood, 1971: 157.]
Junior synonym of Myrmica sancta: Arnol'di, 1970b: 1840.
Junior synonym of Myrmica bessarabicus: Dlussky et al., 1990: 182; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 93; Radchenko, 1994f: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
Junior synonym of Myrmica specioides: Collingwood, 1971: 157; Pisarski, 1975: 12; Kutter, 1977c: 70; Collingwood, 1979: 56; Seifert, 1988b: 16; Seifert, 2002a: 95 (by implication); Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 229 (by implication); Güsten et al., 2006: 29; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 140; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 284; Seifert, 2011: 183; Radchenko, 2016: 136.

Citations

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Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. [In Bulgarian.]. Fauna na Bûlgariya 22:1-310.
Bezdĕčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1):295–308. 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076 PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Collingwood, C. A. 1971. A synopsis of the Formicidae of north Europe. Entomologist 104:150-176. PDF
Collingwood, C. A. 1979. The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8:1-174. PDF
Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. PDF
Güsten, R.; Schulz, A.; Sanetra, M. 2006. Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species. Zootaxa 1310:1-35. PDF
Kutter, H. 1977c. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Insecta Helvetica. Fauna 6:1-298. PDF
Pisarski, B. 1975. Mrówki Formicoidea. Katalog Fauny Polski 26:3-85.
Radchenko, A. G. 1994f. Survey of the species of the scabrinodis group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(9):75-82. PDF
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2004. Taxonomic notes on the scabrinodis-group of Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) living in eastern Europe and western Asia, with a description of a new species from Tien Shan. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 75(1):222-233. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp. PDF
Sadil, J. V. 1952 ("1951"). A revision of the Czechoslovak forms of the genus Myrmica Latr. (Hym.). Sborník Entomologického Oddeleni Národního Musea v Praze 27:233-278. PDF
Seifert, B. 1988b. A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caucasia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 62(3):1-75. PDF
Seifert, B. 2002a. The "type" of Myrmica bessarabica Nassonov 1889 and the identity of Myrmica salina Ruzsky 1905. Mitteilungen. Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 92:93-100. PDF
Seifert, B. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Eurasian Myrmica salina species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 83 (2):169-186. PDF
Werner, P.; Wiezik, M. 2007. Vespoidea: Formicidae (mravencovití). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Supplementum 11:133-164. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym, 1 unavailable)

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