Myrmica everesti

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Myrmica everesti Donisthorpe, 1929 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902

Myrmica everesti Donisthorpe, 1929a: 445 (w.) CHINA (Tibet). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Tibet, Jelap La, 12000 ft, 1.iv.1924 (Mt Everest Expd.) (R.W.G. Hingston). Primary type depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, ZMUM.

Status as species: Menozzi, 1939a: 295 (in key); Weber, 1950c: 223; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 125; Collingwood, 1970b: 374; Bolton, 1995b: 279.
Junior synonym of Myrmica rupestris: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.

Citations

Bharti, H.; Sasi, S.; Radchenko, A. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63:956-975. 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i3.1145 PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Collingwood, C. A. 1970b. Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) from Nepal. Khumbu Himal. Ergebnisse des Forschungsunternehmens Nepal Himalaya 3:371-387.
Donisthorpe, H. 1929a. The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) taken by Major R. W. G. Hingston, M.C., I.M.S. (ret.), on the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)4:444-449.
Menozzi, C. 1939a. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 78:285-345. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23:237-276. 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
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

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