Myrmecina Curtis

Shattuck, Steve, 2009, A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 2146, pp. 1-21 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188674
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218932
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scientific name	Myrmecina Curtis
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Myrmecina Curtis View in CoL

Myrmecina Curtis 1829: 265 View in CoL . Type species: Formica graminicola Latreille 1802 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. The sides of the head behind the eyes with an elongate ridge or groove on each side which starts at the mandibles, runs the length of the head and ends near the upper corners. In side view, the petiole is low, rounded and barrel-shaped and lacks a distinct node. The propodeum is armed with long spines near the angle as well as short spines or angles near the metanotal groove. The distinctive ridge on the sides of the head behind the eyes combined with the low, rounded petiole will separate these ants from all others in Australia.

List of Australian species

alpina sp. n.

australis Wheeler and Wheeler difficulta sp. n.

eruga sp. n.

inaequala sp. n. pumila sp. n.

rugosa Forel

silvalaeva sp. n. silvampla sp. n.

silvangula sp. n. silvarugosa sp. n. silvatransversa sp. n. wesselensis sp. n.