Myrmica specularis

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Myrmica specularis Donisthorpe, 1929 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica kozlovi Ruzsky, 1915

Myrmica specularis Donisthorpe, 1929a: 446 (w.) CHINA (Tibet). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Tibet, Gautsa, 13000 ft, 5.iv.1924 (Mt Everest Expd.) (R.W.G. Hingston). Primary type depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1929a also mentions 10 workers (BMNH): India: Sikkim, Khamba Jong, 15000-16000 ft, 15-30.vii.1903, (Tibet Expd.) (no collector’s name); these are not regarded as paratypes (Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 259, Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 176).

Status as species: Menozzi, 1939a: 293 (in key); Weber, 1950c: 224; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 283.
Junior synonym of Myrmica kozlovi: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 259; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 175; Bharti et al., 2016: 966.

Citations

Bharti, H.; Sasi, S.; Radchenko, A. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63:956-975. 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i3.1145 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
Donisthorpe, H. 1929a. The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) taken by Major R. W. G. Hingston, M.C., I.M.S. (ret.), on the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)4:444-449.
Menozzi, C. 1939a. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 78:285-345. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23:237-276. 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
Weber, N. A. 1950c. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. III. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43:189-226. PDF

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