Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
(an ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyrmica scabrinodis (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 scabrinodis (an ant) :
1: Myrmica scabrinodis (an ant)
20 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
small, yellowish workers, under stone which was lying directly on the ground
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 base - antero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - face and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Worker - pedicel - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Worker - thorax - dorsal view - close-up to show surface sculpture - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Attewell, P.J. 2011 Myrmica scapes

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica scabrinodis (an ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrmica scabrinodis (an ant)
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