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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Myrmicini
›
Myrmica
›
Myrmica karavajevi
Myrmica
karavajevi
(Arnol'di, 1930)
valid
Symbiomyrma karavajevi
Arnol'di, 1930c
: 269, figs. 1-4 (q.m.) UKRAINE. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Ukraine: Kharkov Dist., nr Zmiev, Donets Biological Station, 1.viii.1926, no. 1197 (
K.V. Arnol’di
). Primary type depositories:
BMNH
,
ZMUM
.
[Also described as new by
Arnol'di, 1933b
: 41.]
[Misspelled as
karawajewi
by
Samšiňák, 1964
: 156;
Kutter, 1973d
: 256, and others.]
[Misspelled as
karavaievi
by
Borowiec, 2014
: 131, and others.]
Combination in
Sifolinia
:
Samšiňák, 1964
: 156.
Combination in
Symbiomyrma
:
Seifert, 1994a
: 15;
Seifert, 1996b
: 236;
Seifert, 2018
: 174.
Combination in
Myrmica
:
Bolton, 1988a
: 4;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a
: 231;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 163.
Status as species:
Arnol'di, 1933a
: 600 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1934
: 102 (redescription);
Samšiňák, 1964
: 156;
Kutter, 1968c
: 202;
Kutter, 1973d
: 256;
Bolton & Collingwood, 1975
: 9 (in key);
Pisarski, 1975
: 16;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978
: 535 (in key);
Collingwood, 1979
: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a
: 53;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b
: 266 (in key);
Nilsson & Douwes, 1987
: 66;
Mei, 1987
: 466 (in table);
Bolton, 1988a
: 4 (in table);
Seifert, 1994a
: 15;
Douwes, 1995
: 88;
Bolton, 1995b
: 280;
Seifert, 1996b
: 236;
Gallé
et al.
, 1998
: 214;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 33;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a
: 231;
Tinaut
et al.
, 2005
: 452;
Petrov, 2006
: 85 (in key);
Seifert, 2007
: 210;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007
: 139;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009
: 490;
Boer, 2010
: 59;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 163;
Csősz
et al.
, 2011
: 56;
Legakis, 2011
: 5;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012
: 521;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 111;
Czekes
et al.
, 2012
: 41 (footnote);
Borowiec, 2014
: 131;
Lebas
et al.
, 2016
: 326;
Radchenko, 2016
: 159;
Steiner
et al.
, 2017
: 14;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c
: 47;
Seifert, 2018
: 175;
Werner
et al.
, 2018
: 7;
García
et al.
, 2024
: 117.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica faniensis
:
Seifert, 1994a
: 15;
Gallé
et al.
, 1998
: 214;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a
: 231;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 163;
Csősz
et al.
, 2011
: 56;
Radchenko, 2016
: 159.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica pechi
:
Samšiňák, 1964
: 156;
Kutter, 1968c
: 202;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978
: 535 (in key);
Bolton, 1988a
: 4;
Bolton, 1995b
: 280;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 33;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a
: 231;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007
: 139;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 163;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 111;
Radchenko, 2016
: 159.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica winterae
:
Seifert, 1994a
: 15;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a
: 231;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 163;
Radchenko, 2016
: 159.
Junior synonyms
Myrmica faniensis
Boven, 1970
Myrmica pechi
(Samšiňák, 1957)
Obsolete combination(s):
Sifolinia pechi
Myrmica winterae
(Kutter, 1973)
Obsolete combination(s):
Sifolinia winterae
Obsolete combinations
Symbiomyrma karavajevi
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