Myrmica bessarabicus
Nasonov, 1889
incertae sedis in genus, unidentifiable
Myrmica scabrinodis var. bessarabicus
Nasonov, 1889:
36 (w.)
MOLDOVA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Moldova (“Bessarabia”). Primary type depository: ZMUM.
Type notes:
There is doubt surrounding assumed type-specimens, as discussed by Seifert, 2002a: 95, Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 229, Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 657.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908a: 177 (footnote); Emery, 1921c: 40.
- Subspecies of Myrmica scabrinodis: Ruzsky, 1905b: 688.
- Junior synonym of Myrmica sabuleti: Weber, 1948a: 288; Sadil, 1952: 246
- Status as species: Dlussky et al., 1990: 182; Arakelian, 1994: 22; Radchenko, 1994d: 144 (in key); Radchenko, 1994f: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Myrmica: Seifert, 2002a: 95; Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 229; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 657; Legakis, 2011: 4.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). [In Russian.]. Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1908a. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908:165-205. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Legakis, A. 2011. Annotated list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece. Hellenic Zoological Archives 7:1-55. PDF
- Nasonov, N. V. 1889. Contribution to the natural history of the ants primarily of Russia. 1. Contribution to the ant fauna of Russia. [In Russian.]. Izvestiya Imperatorskago Obshchestva Lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya Antropologii i Etnografii pri Imperatorskom Moskovskom Universitete 58:1-78.
- Radchenko, A. G. 1994d. Identification table for ants of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(7-8):130-145. PDF
- 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.; 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
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.
- 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. 2002a. The "type" of Myrmica bessarabica Nassonov 1889 and the identity of Myrmica salina Ruzsky 1905. Mitteilungen. Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 92:93-100. PDF
- Weber, N. A. 1948a. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41:267-308. PDF