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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Myrmicini
›
Myrmica
›
Myrmica rubra
Myrmica
rubra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
valid
Formica rubra
Linnaeus, 1758
: 580 (w.) SWEDEN. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114). Primary type locality: “Europe” (no further data). Primary type depository:
LSLC
.
Type notes:
Type-locality Sweden, after
Linnaeus, 1761
: 427.]
Lectotype designation:
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114.
[Misspelled as
rufa
by
Zetterstedt, 1838
: 450.]
Latreille, 1798
: 48 (q.m.);
Latreille, 1802a
: 248 (q.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953a
: 118 (l.);
Hauschteck, 1965
: 325 (k.).
Combination in
Manica
:
Jurine, 1807
: 279.
Combination in
Myrmica
:
Latreille, 1804
: 179;
Latreille, 1809
: 131.
Status as species:
Linnaeus, 1761
: 427;
Linnaeus, 1767
: 963;
Fabricius, 1782
: 490;
Fabricius, 1787
: 308;
Gmelin, 1790
: 2799;
Christ, 1791
: 513;
Olivier, 1792
: 493;
Fabricius, 1793
: 353;
Latreille, 1798
: 48;
Latreille, 1802a
: 246;
Walckenaer, 1802
: 165;
Latreille, 1804
: 179;
Fabricius, 1804
: 400;
Gravenhorst, 1807
: 286;
Jurine, 1807
: 279;
Latreille, 1809
: 131;
Lamarck, 1817
: 98;
Latreille, 1818b
: 149;
Billberg, 1820
: 104;
Stephens, 1829b
: 356;
Brullé, 1833
: 327;
Losana, 1834
: 330;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
: 181;
Zetterstedt, 1838
: 450;
Schilling, 1839
: 56;
Smith, 1851
: 4;
Curtis, 1854
: 213;
Forel, 1874
: 75 (in key);
Emery & Forel, 1879
: 460;
Lameere, 1892
: 68;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 113;
Emery, 1895d
: 312;
Saunders, 1896
: 39;
Forel, 1899b
: 63;
Emery, 1908a
: 169;
Bondroit, 1910
: 494;
Karavaiev, 1912b
: 583;
Forel, 1915d
: 28 (in key);
Emery, 1916a
: 119;
Escherich, 1917
: 325 (in key);
Nadig, 1918
: 338;
Emery, 1921c
: 38;
Soudek, 1923b
: 110;
Stärcke, 1926a
: 89 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1927d
: 258 (in key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e
: 193;
Santschi, 1932e
: 69;
Karavaiev, 1934
: 65 (redescription);
Weber, 1947b
: 448;
Brian & Brian, 1949
: 393;
Creighton, 1950a
: 103;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 128;
Sadil, 1952
: 240;
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114;
Ceballos, 1956
: 296;
Collingwood, 1958d
: 67;
Collingwood, 1962c
: 217, 222;
Smith, 1967a
: 349;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969
: 55;
Arnol'di, 1970b
: 1833 (in key);
Collingwood, 1971
: 156;
Bolton & Collingwood, 1975
: 5 (in key);
Pisarski, 1975
: 10;
Arnol'di, 1976a
: 554 (in key);
Tarbinsky, 1976
: 40 (redescription);
Van Boven, 1977
: 115;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978
: 530 (in key);
Collingwood, 1978
: 78 (in key);
Day & Fitton, 1978
: 196 (Linnean collection specimen);
Smith, 1979
: 1350;
Collingwood, 1979
: 52;
Onoyama, 1980a
: 197;
Pearson, 1981
: 75;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a
: 53;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b
: 267 (in key);
Nilsson & Douwes, 1987
: 66;
Seifert, 1988b
: 5 (redescription);
Onoyama, 1989a
: 131;
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c
: 435;
Ogata, 1991b
: 78;
Morisita
et al.
, 1992
: 11;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992
: 83;
Arakelian, 1994
: 25;
Petrov, 1994
: 254;
Radchenko, 1994b
: 105 (in key);
Radchenko, 1994d
: 137 (in key);
Radchenko, 1994h
: 72;
Bolton, 1995b
: 282;
Douwes, 1995
: 87;
Poldi
et al.
, 1995
: 2;
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 92;
Espadaler, 1997g
: 30;
Radchenko
et al.
, 1997
: 483;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998
: 12 (in key);
Gallé
et al.
, 1998
: 214;
Wei
et al.
, 2001
: 562 (in key);
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 17;
Markó & Csősz, 2002
: 112;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 182;
Karaman & Karaman, 2003
: 43;
Bračko, 2006
: 138;
Markó
et al.
, 2006
: 70;
Petrov, 2006
: 87 (in key);
Schultz
et al.
, 2006
: 206;
Steiner
et al.
, 2006a
: 777;
Bračko, 2007
: 18;
Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007
: 230;
Seifert, 2007
: 204;
Bolton, 2005
: 13 (in key);
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2007
: 5;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007
: 146;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008
: 140;
Borowiec
et al.
, 2009
: 378;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009
: 490;
Lapeva-Gjonova
et al.
, 2010
: 9;
Boer, 2010
: 56;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 228;
Csősz
et al.
, 2011
: 56;
Karaman, 2011b
: 45;
Legakis, 2011
: 5;
Wetterer & Radchenko, 2011
: 87;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012
: 522;
Ellison
et al.
, 2012
: 293;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 73;
Czekes
et al.
, 2012
: 41 (in key);
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 48;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012
: 22;
Yamane & Aibek, 2012
: 180;
Borowiec, 2014
: 132;
Bračko
et al.
, 2014
: 14;
Lebas
et al.
, 2016
: 312;
Radchenko, 2016
: 117;
Chen
et al.
, 2016
: 114 (in key);
Steiner
et al.
, 2017
: 14;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c
: 47;
Seifert, 2018
: 166;
Werner
et al.
, 2018
: 7.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica laevinodis bruesi
:
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114;
Smith, 1979
: 1350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 282;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 182;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 228;
Radchenko, 2016
: 118.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica rubra champlaini
:
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114;
Smith, 1979
: 1350;
Bolton, 1995b
: 282;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 182;
Radchenko, 2016
: 117.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica rubra europaea
:
Radchenko
et al.
, 1997
: 483;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 17;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 228;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 73;
Radchenko, 2016
: 118.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica laevinodis
:
Yarrow, 1955c
: 114;
Collingwood, 1958d
: 67;
Smith, 1967a
: 349;
Arnol'di, 1970b
: 1839;
Collingwood, 1971
: 156;
Bolton & Collingwood, 1975
: 17;
Tarbinsky, 1976
: 40;
Van Boven, 1977
: 117;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978
: 530 (in key);
Collingwood, 1979
: 52;
Smith, 1979
: 1350;
Onoyama, 1980a
: 197;
Seifert, 1988b
: 5;
Onoyama, 1989a
: 131;
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c
: 435;
Arakelian, 1994
: 25;
Radchenko, 1994h
: 72;
Bolton, 1995b
: 282;
Poldi
et al.
, 1995
: 2;
Radchenko
et al.
, 1997
: 483;
Gallé
et al.
, 1998
: 214;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 17;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 182;
Radchenko, 2007
: 30;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007
: 139;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008
: 140;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009
: 490;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 228;
Csősz
et al.
, 2011
: 56;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 73;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012
: 22;
Radchenko, 2016
: 117.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica longiscapus
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 282;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 182;
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
: 228;
Radchenko, 2016
: 118.
Senior synonym of
Myrmica microrubra
:
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
: 118.
Junior synonyms
Myrmica laevinodis
Nylander, 1846
Obsolete combination(s):
Myrmica rubra laevinodis
Myrmica laevinodis bruesi
Weber, 1947
Myrmica longiscapus
Curtis, 1854
Myrmica microrubra
Seifert, 1993
Myrmica rubra champlaini
Forel, 1901
Myrmica rubra europaea
Finzi, 1926
Obsolete combination(s):
Myrmica laevinodis europaea
Obsolete combinations
Formica rubra
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. r. neolaevinodis
Forel, 1901
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