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Issue: Vol. 375 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.375.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 18

Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64, Wilcza str.,00-679, Warsaw, Poland
Centre for ecology & Hydrology, Winfrith Technology Centre, Winfrith Newburg, Dorcheter, Dorset DT2 8ZD, United Kingdom
Hymenoptera taxonomy Palaearctic Region Himalaya Hindu Kush M. tibetana

Abstract

Myrmica afghanica sp. nov. is described and its taxonomic position is discussed in relation to the unique Myrmica fauna of the Himalayan region. The type specimens were taken in Afghanistan, north of Jäläläbad, in 1948. Based on three workers and a queen, it is most similar to the species of the rubra-group.

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