Myrmica forcipata
Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Chen, Zhilin
Zhou, Shanyi
Huang, Jianhua
ZooKeys
2016
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85
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45CQ5
Karavajev, 1931
Karavajev
1931
Insecta
Formicidae
Myrmica
CoL
Animalia
Myrmica forcipata
Hymenoptera
8
93
Arthropoda
species
forcipata
Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA
MyrmicaforcipataKaravajev, 1931: 105, fig. 2 (w.) RUSSIA; Radchenko and Elmes 2010: 134.
Material examined. 5 workers, Xiaowutai Mountain, Hebei province, China, 39°00'25"N, 113°35'46"E, 1751m, 21.vi.2009, leg. Shanyi Zhou, No. G090211.
Differential diagnosis. This species is similar to Myrmica angulinodis, but differs from the latter by the distinct, though not large, vertical lobe at the scape bend. This species was previously known only from south and east Siberia, Mongolia, but absent in the Russian far east. Herein this species is recorded from China for the first time. Figures 5-7. Myrmica forcipataKaravajev, 1931. Worker (No. G090211). 5 body in profile view 6 head in full-face view 7 body in dorsal view.
1450581682
2009-06-21
Shanyi Zhou
China
1751 m
39.006943
Xiaowutai Mountain, Hebei province
19
113.596115
G 090211
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