Myrmica smythiesii var. rupestris
Forel, 1902c:
227 (w.)
INDIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245). Primary type locality: lectotype India: NW Himalaya, Ekra Peak, 4400 ft, LXXXIX/12 (Smythies). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
- Lectotype designation: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245.
- [Misspelled as rupestria by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 130.]
- Radchenko & Elmes, 2002: 44 (q.m.)
- Subspecies of Myrmica smythiesii: Forel, 1903a: 698; Bingham, 1903: 269; Forel, 1906b: 87; Emery, 1921c: 41; Stärcke, 1935a: 260; Menozzi, 1939a: 296 (in key); Weber, 1947b: 461; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 282.
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1970b: 374; Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2002: 44; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 48; Bharti et al., 2016: 41; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.
- Senior synonym of Myrmica rugosa debilior: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.
- Senior synonym of Myrmica everesti: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.
- Senior synonym of Myrmica rugosa rugososmythiesi: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 246; Bharti et al., 2016: 969.
Junior synonyms
- Myrmica everesti Donisthorpe, 1929
- Myrmica rugosa debilior Forel, 1902
- Myrmica rugosa rugososmythiesi Forel, 1902
Obsolete combinations
Citations
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- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. 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.
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