Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918

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Myrmica specioides:

Myrmica specioides is a species of ant of the genus Myrmica.[1]

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Diagnosis of worker among Antkey species. Worker castes monomorphic. Head shape ovoid. Antenna 12-segmented. Antennal club 4-segmented or indistinct. Antennal insertions at least partly covered by frontal lobes. Antennal scapes not conspicuously short; easily extended beyond eye level. Antennal insertion not surrounded by a raised sharp-edged ridge. Antennal scrobe lacking. Posterolateral corners of head unarmed, without spines. Eyes medium to large (greater than 6 facets), but distinctly less than half length."" class=""lexicon-term"">head length. Frontal lobes do not obscure face outline between mandible and eye. Lobes relatively far apart so that the posteromedian portion of the clypeus, where it projects between the frontal lobes, is much broader than one of the lobes. Frontal lobes short and broad, distinctly rounded anteriorly. Mandibles triangular. Carinae on cephalic dorsum strongly reticulated, composed of short intersecting longitudinal and transverse segments. Mesosoma with erect hairs. Pronotal spines absent. Propodeum armed with spines or teeth. Slope of mesosoma gradual. Waist 2-segmented. Petiole with a distinct and upright node; pedunculate; lacking large "" class=""lexicon-term"">subpetiolar process postpetiole attached to lower surface of gaster. Postpetiole not swollen; in dorsal view not distinctly broader than long or distinctly wider than petiole.

Among myrmicine genera with introduced and commonly intercepted species, Myrmica might be confused for Tetramorium or Pheidole. In addition to having a 4-segmented antennal club, Myrmica can be separated from Tetramorium by the lack of a raised ridge encircling the antennal insertion, and from Pheidole by the gradually sloping (versus humped) mesosoma. Among other genera with introduced and commonly intercepted species with antennal clubs that can be interpreted as either 4-segmented or indistinct, Myrmica species can readily be separated from the attines (Acromyrmex and Atta) by the lack of pronotal spines, and from Cephalotes by the lack of frontal lobes that obscure the lateral outlines of the face. Myrmica rubra can be separated from M. specioides by the carinae on cephalic dorsum which are strongly reticulated (versus mostly longitudinal, occasionally branching but rarely intersecting); and also by the frontal lobes which are short and broad, distinctly rounded anteriorly (versus narrow, distinctly longer than broad and tapering anteriorly).

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Myrmica rubra

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11. Myrmica specioides Bondroit HNS , 1918

Figs. 30,36,48,54.

Myrmica specioides Bondroit HNS , 1918:100.

Myrmica scabrinodis ssp. rugulosa var. rugulosoides Forel HNS , 1915:29.

Myrmica rugulosoides var. striata Finzi HNS , 1926:117.

Myrmica puerilis Starcke HNS , 1942:24.

Myrmica balcanica Sadil HNS , 1951:253.

Myrmica balcanica var. scabrinoides Sadil HNS , 1951:255.

Worker . Yellow red to reddish brown. Antennal scapes sharply angulate at bend with a more or less distinct lateral expansion. Petiole narrow, rectangular from above, in side view sloping evenly from the anterodorsal crest to its junction with the postpetiole. Postpetiole spherical almost cubical in side view, only slightly higher than wide. Head Index: 84.6; Frons Index: 40.6; Frontal Laminae Index: 78.3. Length: 3.0-4.5 mm. Queen. As worker. Length: 5.0-5.5 mm.

Male. With short scape equal in length to three following segments; appendages more slender than in M. scabrinodis HNS with hairs not longer than their appendage width, those on the underside of the hind tarsae being distinctly shorter than those on the extensor surface; petiole low with shallow dorsal curvature. Length: 5.0 mm.

Distribution. Rare. Denmark: LFM, R0dby, sand dunes, 1 colony Sept. 1974. - Finland: N, Taktom; Ab, Rymatylla. - England: East Kent only. - Range: Spain to W. Russia; Italy to South Finland.

Biology. This is a rather local species in Europe but likely to be overlooked through confusion with M. scabrinodis HNS in the female castes and may well occur in other areas of southern Fennoscandia. It is a more slender species with a broader frons, narrow petiole and more spherical postpetiole. The male resembles that of M. rugulosa HNS but has the petiole longer and lower with a much flattened dorsal area. In England and Denmark nests occurred in coastal sand and gravel banks with a simple entrance hole. Workers behave more aggressively than M. scabrinodis HNS and sting freely. Alatae have been found in August and September.

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Myrmica specioides Bondroit HNS , 1918

Material: 8 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Babolsar, in urban area ( 36°42'30''N , 52°38'04''E ), 10 m asl, 18.IX.2002 , leg. Omid Paknia .

Remarks: This species has a very wide distribution that includes Europe (northwards to the south of England and Denmark), the Caucasus, Anatolia, Turkmenistan, southwest Siberia and northern Kazakhstan, eastwards to the Altai Mountains (Radchenko & Elmes 2004; Radchenko 1994b); it was introduced to North America (Jansen & Radchenko 2009).

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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 , lectotype of T. silvestrianum Emery HNS (hereby designated): „ ManresaSilvestri / Typus / Tetramorium silvestrianum Emery HNS Typus / Myrmica HNS nec Tetramorium HNS MF[label most likely by B. Poldi] / LectotypusTetramorium silvestrianum Emery HNS des. R. Guesten, A. Schulz & M. Sanetra 2005“ ( MCSN ) ; 1 , „ 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.

  • Güsten, R., Schulz, A., Sanetra, M. (2006): Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species. Zootaxa 1310, 1-35: 29-30, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21095/21095.pdf
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Diagnosis of worker among Antkey species. Worker castes monomorphic. Head shape ovoid. Antenna 12-segmented. Antennal club 4-segmented or indistinct. Antennal insertions at least partly covered by frontal lobes. Antennal scapes not conspicuously short; easily extended beyond eye level. Antennal insertion not surrounded by a raised sharp-edged ridge. Antennal scrobe lacking. Posterolateral corners of head unarmed, without spines. Eyes medium to large (greater than 6 facets), but distinctly less than half head length. Frontal lobes do not obscure face outline between mandible and eye. Lobes relatively far apart so that the posteromedian portion of the clypeus, where it projects between the frontal lobes, is much broader than one of the lobes. Frontal lobes short and broad, distinctly rounded anteriorly. Mandibles triangular. Carinae on cephalic dorsum strongly reticulated, composed of short intersecting longitudinal and transverse segments. Mesosoma with erect hairs. Pronotal spines absent. Propodeum armed with spines or teeth. Slope of mesosoma gradual. Waist 2-segmented. Petiole with a distinct and upright node; pedunculate; lacking large subpetiolar process postpetiole attached to lower surface of gaster. Postpetiole not swollen; in dorsal view not distinctly broader than long or distinctly wider than petiole.

Among myrmicine genera with introduced and commonly intercepted species, Myrmica might be confused for Tetramorium or Pheidole. In addition to having a 4-segmented antennal club, Myrmica can be separated from Tetramorium by the lack of a raised ridge encircling the antennal insertion, and from Pheidole by the gradually sloping (versus humped) mesosoma. Among other genera with introduced and commonly intercepted species with antennal clubs that can be interpreted as either 4-segmented or indistinct, Myrmica species can readily be separated from the attines (Acromyrmex and Atta) by the lack of pronotal spines, and from Cephalotes by the lack of frontal lobes that obscure the lateral outlines of the face. Myrmica rubra can be separated from M. specioides by the carinae on cephalic dorsum which are strongly reticulated (versus mostly longitudinal, occasionally branching but rarely intersecting); and also by the frontal lobes which are short and broad, distinctly rounded anteriorly (versus narrow, distinctly longer than broad and tapering anteriorly).

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Taxonomic History:
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 100 (w.q.m.) BELGIUM. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Junior synonym of Myrmica scabrinodis: Emery, 1921c: 40; Sadil, 1952 PDF: 249; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 116; of Myrmica rugulosoides: Santschi, 1931c PDF: 342.
Revived from synonymy: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 57; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 56; Seifert, 1988b: 16.
Senior synonym of Myrmica puerilis: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 57; of Myrmica balcanica: Pisarski, 1975: 12; Kutter, 1977c: 70; Seifert, 1988b: 16; of Myrmica scabrinodoides, Myrmica striata: Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 56.
Junior synonym of Myrmica bessarabica: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 93.
Revived from synonymy: Seifert, 1994a PDF: 11; Seifert, 1996B: 146 (in key); Radchenko, Czechowski & Czechowska, 1997: 488; Nassonov 1889 and the identity of Myrmica salina Ruzsky 1905. Mitteilungen. Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 92:93-100. [2002-10-01]">Seifert, 2002A PDF: 95; Radchenko & Elmes, 2004 PDF: 229.
Senior synonym of Myrmica balcanica, Myrmica nevodovskii, Myrmica puerilis, Myrmica sancta, Myrmica scabrinodoides, Myrmica striata, Myrmica tschuliensis: Nassonov 1889 and the identity of Myrmica salina Ruzsky 1905. Mitteilungen. Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 92:93-100. [2002-10-01]">Seifert, 2002A PDF: 95 (by implication); Radchenko & Elmes, 2004 PDF: 229 (by implication); Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 284.
Senior synonym of Myrmica sancta: Radchenko & Elmes, 2004 PDF: 229; of Myrmica silvestrianum: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006 PDF: 29; of Myrmica dolens: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 284; of Myrmica kozakorum, Myrmica turcica: Seifert, 2011 PDF: 183.
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Distribution:

Throughout SLO except NE. Introduced into the Pacific Northwest of North America (Washington state).

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