更新中国蚁属（膜翅目，蚁科）的分类学，描述三个新种。

Updating the taxonomy of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in China with descriptions of three new species.

机构信息

Department of Organismic and Evolutional Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA..

Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Japan..

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2022 Sep 5;5182(2):152-164. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.2.2.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5182.2.2

PMID:36095694

Abstract

In this study, we present a taxonomic update for the ant genus Myrmecina in China that includes 14 species in total. A recent survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Chinas Hengduan Mountains collected three unknown Myrmecina species, which we describe here as Myrmecina eowilsoni sp. nov., M. gaoligongensis sp. nov., and Myrmecina pierceae sp. nov. These new species are clearly distinguishable from all the other species in the genus. We provide an update to the identification key of Chinese Myrmecina, as well as a diagnostic discussion and high-quality specimen images. In addition, Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn Okido 2019 is reported for the first time from China.

摘要

在这项研究中，我们对中国的蚂蚁属 Myrmecina 进行了分类学更新，总共包括 14 个物种。最近对中国横断山脉叶凋落物蚂蚁区系的调查收集到了三种未知的 Myrmecina 物种，我们将其描述为 Myrmecina eowilsoni sp. nov.、M. gaoligongensis sp. nov. 和 Myrmecina pierceae sp. nov. 这些新物种与该属的所有其他物种明显不同。我们提供了中国 Myrmecina 的鉴定钥匙更新，以及诊断讨论和高质量标本图像。此外，首次报道了来自中国的 Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong、Samung、Waengsothorn Okido 2019。