TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS MYRMECINA CURTIS, 1829 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) FROM INDIA
Author
Sheela, S.
Author
Kazmi, S. I.
Author
Roy, S.
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Far Eastern Entomologist
2020
2020-03-29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.403.2
journal article
10.25221/fee.403.2
2713-2196
7165362
16724A7C-DACB-456F-AD25-90193E359836
Key to the Indian species of
Myrmecina
based on worker caste
1. Thorax transversely striate (
Figs 3
,
8
) …………………….…………..…………..…… 2
– Thorax longitudinally striate (
Figs 13
,
18
) …..……………….…………..…..………….. 3
2. Propodeal spines thin, long and curved outwards; dorsal propodeal teeth well defined; in dorsal view, anterior margin of gaster concave with sides sharply defined. (
Figs 11–15
) .. ……….….……………………………………………….…..…
M. urbanii
Tiwari, 1994
– Propodeal spines more or less straight, dorsal propodeal teeth not distinct, in dorsal view anterior margin of gaster transverse with sides not produced in front. (
Figs 16–20
) …….. …………………………………………………………………...
M. vidyae
Tiwari, 1994
3. Clypeal teeth distinct ……………………………………..………
M. striata
Emery, 1899
– Clypeal teeth weak or absent …………………………………………..……...………….. 4
4. Dorsal propodeal teeth minute; postpetiole with prominent lateral keels; gaster punctuate.…………………..………………………………………………..…..
M. camellia
sp. n.
– Dorsal propodeal teeth large and prominent; lateral keels on post petiole not well developed; gaster smooth and shining ….....................................................…….
M. narendra
sp. n.