Myrmica curiosa
Radchenko et al., 2008:
769, figs. 1-10 (w.q.)
CHINA (Sichuan).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Sichuan Prov., Hailugou Nat. Park, 29°37’N, 102°05’E, 1700 m., 14.x.1988 (C. Carpenter & N.J. Nordensten). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker, China: Hunan Prov., Ba Da Gong Mt., 15.x.2003, no. 9 (J. Huang), 1 paratype queen China: Yunnan Prov., Hobasan Mts, 2800-3150 m., 27°20’N, 100°09’E, 5-13.vii.2002 (S. Běcvář & R. Fouqué). Secondary type depositories: GNUC, MSNM, SIZK.
- Status as species: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 115; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 47; Chen et al., 2016: 114 (in key).
Citations
- Chen, Z.; Zhou, S.; Huang, J. 2016. Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:85-128. 10.3897/zookeys.551.6005 PDF
- Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. 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
- Radchenko, A.; Zhou, S.; Elmes, G. W. 2008. [Untitled. Myrmica curiosa Radchenko, Zhou et Elmes, sp. nov.]. Pp. 769-770 in: Radchenko, A. G.; Zhou, S.; Elmes, G. W.; Rigato, F. 2008. Seven new Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 58:767-784. PDF