Myrmica mellea

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 148

publication ID	10342
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03D4C4E8-74F9-42F2-8FD1-00A6DC22903A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6295869
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B1A62C5A-798A-8A6D-C0F0-C31AB162626D
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Myrmica mellea
status

Treatment

5. Myrmica mellea HNS .

M. capite thoraceque flavis; abdomine pallide fusco.

Worker. Length 1 3 / 4 line. Head, antennae, thorax, and legs honeyyellow and very smooth and shining; thorax strangulated at the base of the metathorax, which is not spined; the first node of the abdomen is oblique anteriorly, and vertical behind, the second node subglobose. Abdomen: the base honey-yellow, the apical margin of the first segment, and the following segments entirely, pale fuscous; the club of the antennae 2 - jointed.

Hab. Aru.