First Description of the Female of Myrmica ritae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), With Some Notes on the ritae Group

• Published in: Вестник зоологии
• Date: 1999
• Main Authors: Radchenko, A.G., Elmes, G.W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут зоології ім. І.І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 1999
• Subjects: Краткие сообщения
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/188966
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: First Description of the Female of Myrmica ritae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), With Some Notes on the ritae Group / A.G. Radchenko, G.W. Elmes // Вестник зоологии. — 1999. — Т. 33, № 6. — С. 95-98. — Бібліогр.: 1 назв. — англ.

The first known female of Myrmica ritae Emery is described and compared with the other known females of the ritae complex (M. serica Wheeler, M. indica Weber and M. gigantea (Collingwood). It differs from all three species bystraight (not sinuous) longitudinal ragae on the head dorsum, a shorter hea...