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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Salzameise (Myrmica salina)

English translation:

the ant Myrmica salina, M. salina

Added to glossary by Judith Imbo
Oct 10, 2009 11:45
14 yrs ago
German term

Salzameise (Myrmica salina)

German to English Science Zoology
A native of salt steppes. Please supply source
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 the ant Myrmica salina, M. salina
5 +4 Salt ant (Myrmica salina)
3 ant of salt / myrmica salina

Proposed translations

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the ant Myrmica salina, M. salina

According to the ITS Report (I gave you the link as a reference), there doesn't seem to be an accepted English common name, which is often the case with insects, as there are so many of them. I would therefore refer to it as "the ant Myrmica salina," or after the first mention, simply as "M. salina." I personally would not use "ant of salt"; I googled that and this term was used in an English text that was written by a non-native speaker.
Reference:

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Myrmica+salina

Note from asker:
thanks everyone for your help. It seems the best solution to use the Latin name (elsewhere, a family name can also help, John suggests) but aside from being a type of pharoah ant, the family here is perhaps too broad. Cristina: what came after ant of salt?
Peer comment(s):
agree Edith Kelly
1 hr
agree Blaess
3 hrs
neutral Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A. : Same Answer: "ant of salt / (ant) myrmica salina"
3 hrs
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18 mins

ant of salt / myrmica salina

Full text of "A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of ...
<B>Myrmica salina RUZSKY, 1905</B> page 25 15. Myrmica scabrinodis NYLANDER, 1846 page 27 ...... <B>The species is reported by several authors as typical ***ant of salt***</B>...
www.archive.org/stream/ants.../ants_02557_djvu.txt

A list of ant species:

Full text of "A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of ...
Myrmica stangeana RUZSKY, 1902 page 23 14. <B>Myrmica salina</B> RUZSKY, 1905 page 25 15. ...... The species is reported by several authors as <B>typical ant of salt</B> ...
www.archive.org/stream/ants.../ants_02557_djvu.txt

Several studies:

First record of Myrmica rugulososcabrinodis KARAWAJEW, 1929 ...
NASSONOV 1889 and the identity of Myrmica salina. RUZSKY 1905 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ... ant species for Bulgaria. – Acta Zoologica Bulgarica.
http://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/.../mn6_19-21_non-printabl...
Peer comment(s):
neutral John Speese : These look like texts that weren't written/translated by native speakers.
3 hrs
neutral Blaess : links don´t work; "ant of salt" not a common expression
3 hrs
My Answer: "ant of salt / (ant) myrmica salina" ... Links worked when I checked them.
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+4
41 mins

Salt ant (Myrmica salina)

'Salt ant' does not seem to be a common term in English, so it would be best to translate with the specific name (which should be in italics): 'Salt ant (Myrmical salina)'.
Peer comment(s):
agree Mary O’Connor (X)
2 hrs
agree Rolf Keiser
3 hrs
agree Blaess : no - the other way around: Myrmica salina (salt ant) - or leave out the salt ant - there is no such term - neither in English nor in German
3 hrs
agree Cetacea : The other way around, as Blaess suggests, i.e. Myrmica salina ("salt ant"), but I'd keep the "salt ant" part, unless it's for a very specialized audience.
5 hrs
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