Key to Myrmica of the Tibetan Plateau

This worker key is based on Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes (2010) and Seifert, B., Schultz, R. et al. (2018).

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1

• Frontal carinae strongly curved at their anterior third, frontal lobes strongly extended, wide and subsquare, FLI > 1.20. - Tibet . . . . . Myrmica tibetana

Head of Myrmica tibetana worker

Profile of Myrmica tibetana worker

• Frontal carinae feebly curved along whole length, frontal lobes not extended, relatively narrow, FLI < 1.15 . . . . . 2

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• Big and robust species, HW > 1.10, AL > 1.75 mm. Petiole with very short peduncle (mean PI1 1.11), its anterior face steep, straight or at most very slightly concave. - Tibet, Himalaya . . . . . Myrmica kozlovi

Head of Myrmica kozlovi worker

Profile of Myrmica kozlovi worker

• Smaller and more slender species, HW < 0.95, AL < 1.55 mm. Petiole with very distinct peduncle (species' means PI1 1.29...1.32), its anterior face distinctly concave . . . . . Myrmica bactriana

References

• Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.
• Seifert, B., Schltz, R., Ritz, M.S., Ritz, C.M. 2018. Cryptic species of the Myrmica tibetana complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revealed by integrative taxonomy. Myrmecological News, 27: 93-110.