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 551 85 128 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 5 5