Myrmica rugosa debilior

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Myrmica rugosa debilior Forel, 1902 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902

Myrmica rugosa var. debilior Forel, 1902c: 228 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Himalaya, LIX/4 (Smythies). Primary type depositories: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, OXUM. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: India: Darjeeling (R.C. Wroughton), India: northern India (R.C. Wroughton), India: Deota (Smythies), India: Mysore (G.A.J. Rothney), India: Kämáon (Schlagintweit); these are discussed by Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 246.

Lectotype designation: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245.
Subspecies of Myrmica rugosa: Forel, 1903a: 698; Forel, 1904d: 22; Forel, 1906b: 87; Emery, 1921c: 40; Menozzi, 1939a: 295 (in key and footnote); Weber, 1947b: 463 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 278.
Junior synonym of Myrmica rupestris: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.

Citations

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