Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
(an ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyrmica ruginodis (an ant)
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)
Records of Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) :
1: Myrmica ruginodis (an ant)
12 Feb 2020 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Apterous queen, in Purple Moorgrass tussock, under oak, by Reed swamp
Image 1: Apterous queen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Apterous queen - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Apterous queen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Apterous queen - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Myrmica ruginodis (an ant)
10 May 2018 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Worker, by general sweeping
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - pedicel - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - thorax - dorsal view - close-up to show surface sculpture - microscope low magnification - silver background

Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica ruginodis (an ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrmica ruginodis (an ant)
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