Myrmica unifasciata

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 120

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296846

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scientific name

Myrmica unifasciata
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25. Myrmica unifasciata   HNS .

Formica unifasciata, Latr.   HNS Hist. Nat. Fourm. 257.

Myrmica unifasciata, Losana   HNS , Form. Piem. 332.

Nyl. Addit. alt. 44; Form. Fr. et d'Alger. 92. 18.

Schenck, Beschr. Nass. Ameis. 101.

Leptothorax unifasciata   HNS , Mayr. Form. Austr. 172. 9; Ungar. Ameis. 21. 2.

Hab. France; Germany; Austria; Russia.

The M. unifasciata   HNS of Nylander is certainly not the unifasciata   HNS of Smith's Essay, nor have we seen it in any British collection; all the English examples have the antennae pale red, and the fascia on the abdomen extends to, or frequently beyond, the second segment. Latreille may have confounded the two species, but he has not mentioned the dark club of the antennae,-a conspicuous character; the width of the band on the abdomen varies in different specimens, so that it would rather appear that Latreille was describing Schenck's insect, M. cingulata   HNS ; but we think it best to adopt the nomenclature of Nylander and others.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Myrmica

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