Myrmica caucasicola

Kiran, Kadri & Karaman, Celal, 2020, Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zoosystema 42 (18), pp. 285-329: 309

publication ID	http://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9F490C6-E406-45CC-B5D3-B949712E2DEB
persistent identifier	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C75687E7-FF8F-2466-FF04-697BFF4CA5E1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Myrmica caucasicola
status

Treatment

Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934 *

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Myrmica schencki nat. caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934: 172.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 1☿; Artvin, Şavşat, Akdamla Upland ; 41°26’57”N, 42°24’32”E; 2140 m; 03.VIII.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0052bGoogleMaps • 15 ♀, 2 ♂, 50 ☿; Bursa, Uludağ Mt. ; 40°06’865”N, 29°05’642”E; 1543 m; 14.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2351a • 50 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2355a • 1 ♀, 8 ♂, 50 ☿; Karaman, Karadağ Mt. ; 37°23’N, 33°09’E; 2100 m; 27.VIII.2006; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0772GoogleMaps • 62 ☿; Kütahya, Belce Upland ; 39°27’N, 30°21’E; 1660 m; 17.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2031GoogleMaps • 3 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; MNHN 08View Materials /2031GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — New for Turkey.

REMARKS

This Caucasian species has been known previously from Armenia and Azerbaijan ( Radchenko & Elmes 2010) and the present records extended its distribution towards Anatolia.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Myrmica