Myrmica xavieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica xavieri

Name

Myrmica xavieri Radchenko, Elmes & Savolainen, 2008: 51

• Type locality: SPAIN: Aragón, Province of Teruel, Sierra de Albarracín, Fuente del Canto, ca. three km WSW of Bronchales (40°30’N, 1°37’W, 1,630 m a.s.l.).
• Holotype: BMNH, worker, 1.VIII.2000, No. 334/2000 (series E-186 in the collection of G. W. Elmes), leg. R. Savolainen and K. Vepsäläinen.

References

Primary references

• Radchenko, A.G., Elmes, G.W. & Savolainen, R. 2008. Myrmica xavieri sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Spain. Entomologica fennica 19: 49–54. Full article (PDF) [original description: p. 51, 1–3, tables 1–2]