Myrmica discontinua
Weber, 1939
valid
Myrmica brevinodis subsp. discontinua
Weber, 1939b:
150 (w.)
U.S.A. (Colorado).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, Florissant, Topaz Butte, 15.vii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 98). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: North Dakota, Mikkelson (J.E. Goldsberry), U.S.A.: Wyoming, Yellowstone Park (A.C. Cole), Canada: Newfoundland, Bay of Islands (no collector’s name), Canada: Nova Scotia, Pleasantfeld (W.H. Prest).
- Subspecies of Myrmica brevinodis: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 241; Weber, 1950c: 201 (redescription); Smith, 1951c: 789.
- Subspecies of Myrmica brevispinosa: Creighton, 1950a: 98; Cole, 1953f: 243; Smith, 1958c: 113; Beck et al., 1967: 71; Smith, 1967a: 349; Smith, 1979: 1348.
- Status as species: Talbot, 1976b: 245; Francoeur, 1977b: 206; Bolton, 1995b: 278; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 159; Ward, 2005: 66.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Beck, D. E.; Allred, D. M.; Despain, W. J. 1967. Predaceous-scavenger ants in Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 27:67-78.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1953f. Studies of New Mexico ants. IV. The genera Myrmica, Manica, Aphaenogaster, and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 28:242-244. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Francoeur, A. 1977b. Synopsis taxonomique et économique des fourmis du Québec (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique du Québec 22:205-212. PDF
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. 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
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
- Talbot, M. 1976b ("1975"). A list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Edwin S. George Reserve, Livingston County, Michigan. Great Lakes Entomologist 8:245-246. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
- Weber, N. A. 1939b. Description of new North American species and subspecies of Myrmica Latreille (Hym.: Formicidae). Lloydia 2:144-152. PDF
- Weber, N. A. 1950c. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. III. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43:189-226. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, E. W. 1944. The ants of North Dakota. North Dakota Historical Quarterly 11:231-271. PDF