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Myrmica
Taxonomy
Myrmica was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myrmicidae by Scudder (1878); to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); and to Myrmicini by Wheeler (1915), Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Ward et al. (2015) and Jessen (2020).
It was assigned to Myrmicidae by Scudder (1878); to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); and to Myrmicini by Wheeler (1915), Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Ward et al. (2015) and Jessen (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1804 | Myrmica Latreille p. 179 |
1849 | Myrmica macrocephala Heer p. 158 figs. Pl 12, fig 14 |
1849 | Myrmica obsoleta Heer p. 160 figs. Pl 13, fig 3 |
1849 | Myrmica aemula Heer p. 161 figs. Pl 13, fig 4 |
1849 | Myrmica angusticollis Heer p. 162 figs. Pl 13, fig 7 |
1849 | Myrmica molassica Heer p. 162 figs. Pl 13, fig 6 |
1867 | Myrmica obsoleta Heer p. 30 |
1878 | Myrmica nebulosa Novák p. 91 figs. Pl 3, fig 1 |
1878 | Myrmica Scudder p. 748 |
1915 | Nothomyrmica Wheeler |
1915 | Myrmica Wheeler p. 75 |
1931 | Myrmica Pongrácz p. 116 |
1931 | Myrmica macrocephala Pongrácz p. 116 |
1992 | Myrmica Carpenter |
1992 | Nothomyrmica Carpenter |
2003 | Myrmica Bolton p. 62 |
2003 | Nothomyrmica Bolton p. 62 |
2012 | Myrmica Bolton |
2015 | Myrmica Ward et al. p. 76 |
2020 | Myrmica Jessen p. 1032 |
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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
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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
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 |
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Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (121306) | |
Priabonian | Denmark | M. eocenica (123762) | |
Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | M. paradoxa (123910) M. saxonica (129227) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation | Nothomyrmica rudis (123930) | |
Priabonian | Ukraine | M. electrina (122997) M. rudis (81780) | |
Priabonian | Poland | M. dictyosa (110737) M. rudis (120813) | |
Priabonian | Russian 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 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | M. schaefersi, M. nungesseri (160097) | |
MP 30 | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. sp. (138696) | |
MN 4 | Czech Republic | M. nebulosa (117612) | |
Badenian | Austria (Steiermark) | M. obsoleta, M. aemula (115306) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | M. angusticollis (115304) M. macrocephala (115305) M. macrocephala, M. molassica (113695) | |
Gelasian | Greenland | M. sp. (160109 160144) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | M. sp. 1, M. incompleta (167673) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wisconsin) | M. sp. (169406) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | M. lobifrons (169336 169350 169353) |