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Formicidae
Myrmica karavajevi (Arnol'di, 1930)
EOL Text
Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Arnol'di, 1933b PDF: 41.]. |
Combination in Symbiomyrma: Seifert, 1994a PDF: 15; Seifert, 1996B: 236; in Sifolinia: Samsinák, 1964 PDF: 156; in Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a PDF: 4; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 231. |
Senior synonym of Myrmica pechi: Samsinák, 1964 PDF: 156; of Myrmica faniensis, Myrmica winterae: Seifert, 1994a PDF: 15. |
See also: zu ihren Satellitengenera Sifolinia Em., Symbiomyrma Arnoldi und Sommimyrma Menozzi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 46:253-268. [1973-12-28]">Kutter, 1973d PDF: 256 (misspelled as Myrmica karawajewi); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 58; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 231; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 163. |
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Statewide, especially in cold localities, very rare.
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Animal / guest
adult of Myrmica karavajevi is a guest in nest of Myrmica
Animal / guest
adult of Myrmica karavajevi is a guest in nest of Myrmica scabrinodis
Animal / guest
adult of Myrmica karavajevi is a guest in nest of Myrmica sabuleti
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Myrmica karavajevi is a workerless, socially parasitic ant species: it is widely distributed across Europe (Ukraine, European Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, England, Italy, France and Spain). It lives in nests of other species (Myrmica scabrinodis and close relatives) that inhabit warm and humid habitats.
References[edit]
- Csősz S, Markó B, Gallé L 2011. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist North-Western Journal of Zoology 7: 55-62.
- Czekes Z et al. 2012. The genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution of species and key for their identification Entomologica romanica 17: 29-50.
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