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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Myrmicini
›
Manica
›
Manica parasitica
Manica
parasitica
(Creighton, 1934)
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Manica bradleyi
(Wheeler, 1909)
Myrmica (Manica) parasitica
Creighton, 1934
: 185 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: 13 syntype workers. Type-locality: U.S.A.: California, Yosemite Nat. Park, Tenaya Lake on Tioga Pass road, Polly Dome (ca 8600 ft) (
W.S. Creighton
). Type-depositories:
LACM
,
MCZC
.
Combination in
Manica
:
Weber, 1947b
: 440
Status as species:
Creighton, 1950a
: 109;
Smith, 1951c
: 791;
Kutter, 1968c
: 203;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b
: 159;
Smith, 1979
: 1352;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g
: 25 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 249;
Ward, 2005
: 33.
Junior synonym of
Manica bradleyi
:
Prebus
et al.
, 2023
: 6.
Obsolete combinations
Myrmica parasitica
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Creighton, W. S.
1934.
Descriptions of three new North American ants with certain ecological observations on previously described forms.
Psyche (Cambridge) 41:185-200.
PDF
Creighton, W. S.
1950a.
The ants of North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.
PDF
Kutter, H.
1968c ("1967").
Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen.
Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
Prebus, M.
;
Georgiev, B. B.
;
van de Kamp, T.
;
Hamann, E.
;
Baker, I.
;
Rabeling, C.
2023.
The rediscovery of the putative ant social parasite
Manica parasitica
syn. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals an unexpected endoparasite syndrome.
Biology Letters 19: 20230399:1-7.
10.1098/rsbl.2023.0399
PDF
Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
PDF
Ward, P. S.
2005.
A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 936:1-68.
PDF
Weber, N. A.
1947b.
A revision of the North American ants of the genus
Myrmica
Latreille with a synopsis of the Palearctic species. I.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 40:437-474.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1970b.
Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63:648-656.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1986g.
The ants of Nevada.
Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp.
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