Myrmica elbrusi

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 elbrusi

Name

• Myrmica elbrusi Radchenko & Yusupov, 2012

Holotype: ZMMU No. 29, worker; 22.06.2009, leg. Z. Yusupov, on ground.

Type locality: North Caucasus, Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria, basin of river Chegem, gorge of river Bashil’ – Auzusu, right bank of river Basil’, 43°20’N, 42°98’E, alt. 2070 m a.s.l.

Etymology: Name derived from the mountain region of Elbrus, where the species was found.

Primary references

• Radchenko, A.; Yusupov, Z. 2012: A new peculiar Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the North Caucasus. Annales zoologici, 62(4): 593–598. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X659650