Myrmecina Curtis

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 34

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21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268135

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scientific name

Myrmecina Curtis
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Genus Myrmecina Curtis View in CoL   HNS

The members of this genus are small, cryptobiotic ants that live in soil, leaf litter and rotten logs. Studies of two Asian species suggest that these ants are specialized as mite predators(Masuko 1995). California has a single species, M. americana Emery   HNS , that is known from scattered low-elevation sites throughout the state. It was previously considered to represent a distinct, endemic taxon ( M californica M. R. Smith   HNS ). The California populations exhibit considerable variation in color and sculpture, however, making it difficult to establish a clear distinction between them and other western populations of M. americana   HNS . References: Brown (1967c), Buschinger (2003), Buschinger and Schreiber (2002), Masuko (1995), Murakami et al. (2002), Smith (1948), Snelling (1965b), Ward (1988).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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