Myrmica specioides Bondroit

Güsten, R., Schulz, A. & Sanetra, M., 2006, Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species., Zootaxa 1310, pp. 1-35 : 29-30

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21095

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6259199

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scientific name

Myrmica specioides Bondroit
status

 

Myrmica specioides Bondroit   HNS , 1918

Myrmica specioides Bondroit   HNS , 1918

Tetramorium silvestrianum Emery   HNS , 1924: syn. nov.

Myrmica rugulosoides var. striata Finzi   HNS , 1926 (synonymy: Collingwood 1979)

Myrmica scabrinodis var. ahngeri Karavaiev   HNS , 1926 (synonymy: Seifert 1988)

Myrmica puerilis Staercke   HNS , 1942 (synonymy: Collingwood & Yarrow 1969)

Myrmica neglecta Staercke   HNS , 1942 (nomen nudum)

Myrmica scabrinodis var. atlantica Staercke   HNS , 1942 (nomen nudum)

Myrmica (Myrmica) balcanica Sadil   HNS , 1952 (synonymy: Pisarski 1975)

Myrmica (Myrmica) balcanica var. scabrinodoides Sadil   HNS , 1952 (synonymy: Pisarski 1975)

Material examined

1 [[worker]], lectotype of T. silvestrianum Emery   HNS (hereby designated): „ Manresa Silvestri / Typus / Tetramorium silvestrianum Emery   HNS Typus / Myrmica   HNS nec Tetramorium   HNS MF[label most likely by B. Poldi] / Lectotypus Tetramorium silvestrianum Emery   HNS des. R. Guesten, A. Schulz & M. Sanetra 2005“ ( MCSN) ; 1 [[worker]], „ Solden (A.), 9.VII. 20 / Tetramorium silvestrianum Em.   HNS var.!, Santschi det. 1926 / Sammlung Dr. F. Santschi, Kairouan ( NHMB)“ .

One of the two original syntypes of T. silvestrianum Emery   HNS remains at MCSN. It is in good condition and can easily be determined as a worker of Myrmica specioides Bondroit   HNS . Also, Emery´s (1924) description matches this specimen and his outline figure shows the petiole shape of M. specioides   HNS , so that there is no reason to believe that the other syntype represented a different species. Nevertheless, the surviving specimen is designated as lectotype in order to firmly establish the synonymy. We cannot explain Emery´s (1924) gaffe. Continuing the misconception, F. Santschi also determined a worker of M. specioides   HNS from “Solden (A.)” (probably Soelden, Tirol, Austria) in his collection as T. silvestrianum   HNS . Collingwood and Yarrow (1969), Collingwood (1978) and Lopez (1991) regarded T. silvestrianum   HNS as a synonym of T. forte   HNS on the grounds that the descriptions where allegedly corresponding. A worker ant from Geneve ( Switzerland) was determined as T. silvestrianum   HNS by Collingwood (in Lopez 1991).

The synonymy of M. specioides Bondroit   HNS is summarized above. Seifert (2002) has demonstrated that M specioides   HNS is not a synonym of M. bessarabica Nassonov   HNS , 1889 as previously stated by Atanassov and Dlussky (1992). We have not included several junior synonyms proposed by Dlussky et al. (1990) and Arakelian (1994) concerning taxa described from areas east of the range of M specioides   HNS as given by Seifert (1988), chiefly from the Caucasus. These synonymies need reinvestigation.

MCSN

Italy, Genova, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"

NHMB

Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Myrmica

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