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Myrmicini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Myrmicini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau p. 169
1915Myrmicini Wheeler
2003Myrmicini Bolton p. 61
2012Myrmicini Bolton
2015Myrmicini Ward et al. p. 76
2020Myrmicini Jessen p. 1032
2022Myrmicini Zharkov and Dubovikoff

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeMyrmicini
tribeMyrmicini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Myrmicini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Manica Jurine 1807
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†Manica andrannae Zharkov and Dubovikoff 2022
G. Myrmica Latreille 1804
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†Myrmica damzeni Radchenko 2023
†Myrmica dictyosa Radchenko 2023
†Myrmica electrina Radchenko 2023
†Myrmica eocenica Radchenko et al. 2007
Myrmica incompleta Provancher 1881
†Myrmica intermedia Wheeler 1915
Myrmica lobifrons Pergande 1900
†Myrmica longispinosa Mayr 1868
†Myrmica nungesseri Jessen 2020
†Myrmica paradoxa Radchenko et al. 2007
†Myrmica rudis Mayr 1868
†Myrmica saxonica Radchenko 2023
†Myrmica schaefersi Jessen 2020
Invalid names: Myrmica aemula Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Myrmica angusticollis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Myrmica macrocephala Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Myrmica molassica Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Myrmica nebulosa Novák 1878 [nomen dubium], Myrmica obsoleta Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Nothomyrmica Wheeler 1915 [synonym]
G. †Plesiomyrmex Dlussky and Radchenko 2009
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†Plesiomyrmex tubulatus Dlussky and Radchenko 2009
G. †Protomyrmica Dlussky and Radchenko 2009
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†Protomyrmica atavia Dlussky and Radchenko 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 50.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Myrmica sp. (121306)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Myrmica eocenica (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Macromischa rudis (138663) Manica andrannae (192258) Myrmica eocenica (122591) Myrmica intermedia (110735) Myrmica longispinosa, Macromischa rudis, Nothomyrmica intermedia (123927) Myrmica longispinosa, Myrmica eocenica, Myrmica electrina (123764) Myrmica longispinosa, Myrmica rudis, Myrmica intermedia, Myrmica damzeni (123964) Nothomyrmica rudis (124073) Protomyrmica atavia (123766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Nothomyrmica rudis (123930)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Myrmica dictyosa (110737) Myrmica rudis (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Myrmica paradoxa (123910) Myrmica saxonica (129227) Plesiomyrmex tubulatus (129228)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Myrmica electrina (122997) Myrmica rudis (81780)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Myrmica schaefersi, Myrmica nungesseri (160097)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Myrmica sp. (138696)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Myrmica nebulosa (117612)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Myrmica obsoleta, Myrmica aemula (115306)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Myrmica angusticollis (115304) Myrmica macrocephala (115305) Myrmica macrocephala, Myrmica molassica (113695)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Myrmica sp. (160109 160144)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Myrmica sp. 1, Myrmica incompleta (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Myrmica lobifrons (169336 169350 169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Myrmica sp. (169406)