Myrmica hirsuta Elmes

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 51

publication ID

6175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283741

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D73CB145-E5BF-0C9B-1A9B-C5B554EB1088

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Christiana

scientific name

Myrmica hirsuta Elmes
status

 

Myrmica hirsuta Elmes View in CoL   HNS , 1978 Fig. 68.

Myrmica hirsuta Elmes   HNS , 1978:131.

Queen. Similar to a microgyne M. sabuleti   HNS but distinguished by the laterally enlarged postpetiole, wider frons and excessive development of body hairs. Head width: 1.05 mm. Body length: 5.2 mm. Mean postpetiole width: 0.675 mm.

Male. Similar to M. sabuleti   HNS except in smaller size and more profuse body hairs. Length: 5.3 mm.

Distribution. Rare, Dorset, South England only.

Biology. This species was discovered by Elmes (1978) in a small group of colonies containing apparently normal M. sabuleti   HNS workers and in some cases normal queens. The small queens were at first assumed to be microgynes of M. sabuleti   HNS but body pilosity and relative postpetiole measurements were found to be outside the range of that species. In size and appearance M. hirsuta   HNS resembles M. myrmecoxena Forel found once only as a parasite of M. lobicornis   HNS in Switzerland and also has affinities with the similar but much larger Myrmica bibikoffi Kutter   HNS (1963).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Myrmica

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