Myrmica slovaca

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Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1952 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920

Myrmica (Myrmica) slovaca Sadil, 1952: 259, figs. VI, 8-14; VIII, 35, 36; IX, 35; X, 10; XI, 13 (w.q.m.) CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, UKRAINE, BULGARIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Czech Republic (“Czechoslovakia”): Chomutov, 1.viii.1951 (J.V. Sadil), Slovakia (“Czechoslovakia”): Somotor, viii.1937 (Hoffer), Nové Mesto, 1.viii.1934 (Hoffer), Dolní Almáš, 1937, and 20.vii.1938 (Babala), Dolní Almáš, 1938 (M. Záleský), Chorovce, 1.vi.1948 (V. Novák), Ukraine: Berehovo (M. Záleský), Bulgaria: Bačkovo, 8.vii.1938 (Hoberlandt). Primary type depositories: MIZW, NHMP, ZMUM. Type notes: 1) Radchenko & Elmes, 2009b: 521, cite 13 worker syntypes (4 MIZW, 4 NHMP, 5 ZMUM). 2) Bezdĕčková et al., 2017: 302, cite 11 syntypes in NHMP.

Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 59; Arnol'di, 1970b: 1837 (in key); Kutter, 1977c: 71; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 534 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 268 (in key); Radchenko, 1994d: 144 (in key); Radchenko, 1994f: 80; Petrov, 2006: 88 (in key); Radchenko & Elmes, 2009b: 521; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 11; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 280; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Czechowski et al., 2012: 98; Czekes et al., 2012: 43 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 134; Radchenko, 2016: 142.
Junior synonym of Myrmica salina: Seifert, 1988b: 25; Seifert, 1994a: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 283; Seifert, 2002a: 96; Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 228; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 140.
Junior synonym of Myrmica curvithorax: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 281 (in text); Seifert, 2011: 170 (in text); Werner et al., 2018: 7.
[Note: although Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 280, recognise Myrmica slovaca, in their text (p. 281) they say that the holotype of Myrmica curvithorax was examined and found to be indistinguishable from Myrmica slovaca.]

Citations

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