Myrmecina gaoligongensis

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Myrmecina gaoligongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Myrmecina
Species: M. gaoligongensis
Binomial name
Myrmecina gaoligongensis
Liu, 2022

At present, this species is known only from the Gaoligong Shan Mountains in Yunnan, China. The type locality is a montane forest on Tiantan Shan Mountain, situated at an elevation range from 1400 to 1800 m. Four workers of the new species were collected from a leaf litter extraction at 1800 m altitude, and the other three from a leaf litter sample at 1400 m. Nothing specific is known about its ecology.

Photo Gallery

  • Myrmecina gaoligongensis (MCZ-ENT00759990). (A) Body in profile view. (B) Body in dorsal view. (C) Head in full-face view. (D) Distribution map in SE Asia. (Liu et al. 2022, Fig. 4)

Identification

Myrmecina gaoligongensis differs from other Chinese members of Myrmecina by the following combination of characters: propodeal spine triangular, shorter than broad at the base and pointing posteriorly; petiole node in dorsal face-view subrectangular, 1.5 times longer than wide; postpetiole as long as broad; head with dense punctation and weak longitudinal rugae; ventrolateral area of head strongly punctate; gaster smooth and shiny.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.3° to 25.3°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate
  • Source: Liu et al., 2022

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • gaoligongensis. Myrmecina gaoligongensis Liu, 2022: 158, Fig. 4 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).

Type Material

  • Holotype, pinned worker, China, Yunnan, Gaoligong Shan Mountains, Tiantan Shan, 25.30460N, 098.79349E, 1815 m, mountain forest, leaf litter, 03.VII .2019 (C. Liu & G. Fischer) (ISAS: MCZENT00759990).
  • Paratypes. 6 pinned workers, China, Yunnan, Gaoligong Shan Mountains, Tiantan Shan, 25.30460N, 098.79349E, 1815 m, mountain forest, leaf litter, 03.VII .2019 (C. Liu & G. Fischer) (ISAS: MCZ-ENT00759803; CAS: MCZ-ENT00759804; MCZ: MCZ-ENT00759805); China, Yunnan, Shan Gaoligong Mountains, Tiantan Shan, 25.31004N, 098.79469E, 1472 m, temperate mountain forest, leaf litter, 05.VII .2019 (C. Liu & G. Fischer) (ISAS: MCZ-ENT00759824; CAS: MCZ-ENT00759889; MCZ: MCZ-ENT00759890).

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