Myrmica wardi
Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a:
38, fig. 4 (1-10) (w.q.m.)
INDIA (Jammu & Kashmir).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh (34°11’N, 77°35’E), 3450 m., 21.viii.1978, no. 3094 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 163 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 3090, 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen India: Kashmir, Pahalgam, 2190 m., 27.vii.1978, no. 3003 (P.S. Ward), 100 paratype workers, 2 paratype males Kashmir, Lidderwat, 2700 m., 30.vii.1978, nos 3015, 3018c, 3023, 3029 (P.S. Ward), 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen Kashmir, Kulan, 2100 m., 8.viii.1978, nos 3050-10, 3050-12 (P.S. Ward), 29 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Kashmir, Ladakh, Panikhar, Suru R., 17.viii.1978, nos 3077, 3078 (P.S. Ward), 4 paratype workers Kashmir, Sonamarg, 2700 m., no. 3102 (P.S. Ward), 3 paratype workers India: Himachal Pradesh, vic. Theong, 25 km. E Shimla, 2400 m., 29.ix.1996, no. 394 (A. Schulz & K. Vock), 3 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Valley, 5-7 km. SW Rothang La Pass, 2500-2900 m., 1.x.1996, no. 432 (A. Schulz & K. Vock), 8 paratype workers Pakistan: Chitral Valley, between Dir and Lawari Pass, 2400 m., 11.viii.1994 (S. Dakatra). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MMCR, MSNM, NHMB, OXUM, PCAS, PSWC, SIZK.
- Status as species: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 252; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 320; Bharti et al., 2016: 41; Bharti et al., 2016: 970; Rasheed et al., 2019: 433.
Citations
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- 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
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999a. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestnik Zoologii 33(3):27-46. 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
- Rasheed, M. T.; Bodlah, I.; Fareen, A. G.; Wachkoo, A. A.; Huang, X.; Akbar, S. A. 2019. A Checklist of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66:426-439. 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330 PDF