TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS MYRMECINA CURTIS, 1829 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) FROM INDIA Author Sheela, S. Author Kazmi, S. I. Author Roy, S. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2020 2020-03-29 403 13 19 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.