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Myrmica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Myrmica Latreille p. 179
1849Myrmica macrocephala Heer p. 158 figs. Pl 12, fig 14
1849Myrmica obsoleta Heer p. 160 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
1849Myrmica aemula Heer p. 161 figs. Pl 13, fig 4
1849Myrmica angusticollis Heer p. 162 figs. Pl 13, fig 7
1849Myrmica molassica Heer p. 162 figs. Pl 13, fig 6
1867Myrmica obsoleta Heer p. 30
1878Myrmica nebulosa Novák p. 91 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1878Myrmica Scudder p. 748
1915Nothomyrmica Wheeler
1915Myrmica Wheeler p. 75
1931Myrmica Pongrácz p. 116
1931Myrmica macrocephala Pongrácz p. 116
1992Myrmica Carpenter
1992Nothomyrmica Carpenter
2003Myrmica Bolton p. 62
2003Nothomyrmica Bolton p. 62
2012Myrmica Bolton
2015Myrmica Ward et al. p. 76
2020Myrmica Jessen p. 1032

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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
genusMyrmicaLatreille 1804

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.

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]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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 (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (121306)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark M. eocenica (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) M. paradoxa (123910) M. saxonica (129227)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Nothomyrmica rudis (123930)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine M. electrina (122997) M. rudis (81780)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland M. dictyosa (110737) M. rudis (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Macromischa rudis (138663) M. eocenica (122591) M. intermedia (110735) M. longispinosa, Macromischa rudis, Nothomyrmica intermedia (123927) M. longispinosa, M. eocenica, M. electrina (123764) M. longispinosa, M. rudis, M. intermedia, M. damzeni (123964) Nothomyrmica rudis (124073)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) M. schaefersi, M. nungesseri (160097)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. sp. (138696)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic M. nebulosa (117612)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) M. obsoleta, M. aemula (115306)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. angusticollis (115304) M. macrocephala (115305) M. macrocephala, M. molassica (113695)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland M. sp. (160109 160144)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. 1, M. incompleta (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) M. lobifrons (169336 169350 169353)