Myrmica tahoensis

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Myrmica tahoensis Weber, 1948 valid

Myrmica schencki var. tahoensis Weber, 1948a: 304 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 2 syntype queens, syntype males (number not stated, “several”). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: “several localities around Lake Tahoe”: California: Tallac (W.M. Wheeler), California: Angora Lake (W.M. Wheeler), California: Glen Alpine Springs (W.M. Wheeler), California: Fallen Leaf Lake (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: LACM, MCZC.

[First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis schencki tahoensis Wheeler, 1917a; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
[Misspelled as thaoensis by Emery, 1921c: 41.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921c: 41.
Subspecies of Myrmica schencki: Smith, 1951c: 790; Smith, 1958c: 113.
Subspecies of Myrmica emeryana: Creighton, 1950a: 99; Cole, 1966b: 3; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1349.
Status as species: Yensen et al., 1977: 182; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 391; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 284; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 167; Ward, 2005: 66.

Obsolete combinations

Myrmica schencki tahoensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1966b. Ants of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin. Biological Series 7(3):1-27. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1948a. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41:267-308. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1978b. Mountain ants of Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 38:379-396. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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