关于采自东喜马拉雅地区的蚁形蚁属（Myrmecina Curtis，1829）两种新蚂蚁的描述（膜翅目：蚁科：切叶蚁亚科）

Description of two new species of ants of the genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Eastern Himalayas.

作者信息

Aswaj Punnath, Anoop Karunakaran, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan

机构信息

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru-560064, Karnataka, India.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 18;4990(1):160-171. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.10.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.10

PMID:34186767

Abstract

Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829, M. bawai sp. nov. and M. reticulata sp. nov., are described and illustrated based on the worker caste from Mizoram, Northeast India. The genus is reported for the first time from Mizoram, the Indian state with the highest percentage of forest cover. A key to the Indian fauna of Myrmecina is also provided based on the worker caste.

摘要

基于来自印度东北部米佐拉姆邦的工蚁种群，描述并图示了蚁属（Myrmecina Curtis，1829）的两个新物种，即巴瓦蚁（M. bawai sp. nov.）和网纹蚁（M. reticulata sp. nov.）。这是该属首次在米佐拉姆邦被发现，该邦是印度森林覆盖率最高的邦。同时还提供了基于工蚁种群的印度蚁属动物检索表。