Myrmica microrubra

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Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993b: 10, figs. 1, 4 (q.m.) GERMANY. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Germany: Oberlausitz, 6 km. SE Weisswasser, Grosse Jeseritzen, 13.viii.1981 (B. Seifert). Primary type depository: SMNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype queens, 6 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype queens, 2 paratype males with same data as holotype, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males Germany: N Berlin, Kr. Oranienburg, Glienicke, 14.viii.1989 (B. Seifert). Secondary type depository: SMNG.

Status as species: Douwes, 1995: 88; Espadaler, 1997g: 30; Czechowski et al., 2002: 19; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 236; Seifert, 2018: 168.
Junior synonym of Myrmica rubra: Steiner et al., 2006a: 777; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 146; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Czechowski et al., 2012: 73; Schär & Nash, 2014: 2396; Radchenko, 2016: 117.
[Note: the numerous shifts of this taxon from valid species to junior synonym and back are monotonous and unproductive. It is retained here as a junior synonym, currently the majority opinion.]

Citations

Csősz, S.; Markó, B.; Gallé, L. 2011. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7 (1):55-62. PDF
Czechowski, W.; Radchenko, A.; Czechowska, W. 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. Warsaw: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 200 pp. PDF
Czechowski, W.; Radchenko, A.; Czechowska, W.; Vepsäläinen, K. 2012. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. (Fauna Poloniae n.s. 4). Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 496 pp.
Douwes, P. 1995. Sveriges myror. Entomologisk Tidskrift 116:83-99.
Espadaler, X. 1997g. Catàleg de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dels països catalans. Sessió d'Entomologia ICHN-SCL 9:23-42. PDF
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2003a. A taxonomic revision of the socially parasitic Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Palaearctic region. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 53:217-243. 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
Schär, S.; Nash, D. R. 2014. Evidence that microgynes of Myrmica rubra ants are social parasites that attack old host colonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27:2396-2407. 10.1111/jeb.12482 PDF
Seifert, B. 1993b. Taxonomic description of Myrmica microrubra n sp. - a social parasitic ant so far known as the microgyne of Myrmica rubra (L.). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 67(5):9-12. PDF
Seifert, B. 2018. The ants of Central and North Europe. Boxberg: Lutra, 407 pp.
Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Konrad, H.; Moder, K.; Christian, E.; Seifert, B.; Crozier, R. H.; Stauffer, C.; Buschinger, A. 2006a. No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:777-787. PDF
Werner, P.; Wiezik, M. 2007. Vespoidea: Formicidae (mravencovití). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Supplementum 11:133-164. PDF

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