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Myrmecina gaoligongensis
| Myrmecina gaoligongensis | |
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| 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.
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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
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).