Myrmica punctiventris isfahani

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Myrmica punctiventris isfahani Forel, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica pinetorum Wheeler, 1905

Myrmica punctiventris var. isfahani Forel, 1922b: 92 (w.q.) U.S.A. (North Carolina). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 2007: 156). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: North Carolina, Tyson, Mt Mitchell, 3400 ft (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: Number of original syntypes not stated.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 2007: 156.
[Misspelled as isafahani by Smith, 1951c: 790.]
Junior synonym of Myrmica punctiventris: Weber, 1950c: 215; Smith, 1951c: 790; Smith, 1979: 1350; Bolton, 1995b: 279.
Junior synonym of Myrmica pinetorum: Francoeur, 2007: 156.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Forel, A. 1922b. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:87-102. PDF
Francoeur, A. 2007. The Myrmica punctiventris and M. crassirugis species groups in the Nearctic region. Pp. 153-185 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 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
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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