Myrmica Latreille, 1804
(a genus of ants)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Myrmica rubra
Red Ant
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 		Species 8 images 1 ident. refs
Myrmica ruginodis
an ant
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 		Species 11 images
Myrmica sabuleti
an ant
Species 2 ident. refs
Myrmica scabrinodis
an ant
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 		Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
Myrmica specioides
an ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Myrmica (unidentified)
Unidentified Myrmica Ants
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMyrmica (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Elmes, G.W., Radchenko, A.G. & Thomas, J.A. 2003 First Records of Myrmica vandeli Bondroit (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 145-152.
Seiffert, B. 1988 A Taxonomic Revision of the Myrmica Species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caucasia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 12(10): 1-76.

Myrmica (a genus of ants) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica (a genus of ants)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 29 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrmica (a genus of ants)
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