Myrmecina pumila

Myrmecina pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Myrmecina
Species:	M. pumila
Binomial name
Myrmecina pumila Shattuck, 2009 Specimen labels

This species is known from a restricted area of northern Queensland measuring less than 50km by 70km. It occurs in rainforest where it has been collected from leaf litter samples.

Identification

Shattuck (2009) - Antero-medial surface of pronotum immediately behind the collar with at most very weak sculpturing and sometimes nearly smooth, this region differing significantly from the more heavily sculptured posterior regions of the pronotum and mesonotum; sculpturing on pronotum running longitudinally and generally with the central carina (or carinae) running nearly the length of the mesosoma; body smaller (HW < 0.60mm, MTL < 0.30mm); head elongate (CI < 95). This species is most similar to Myrmecina eruga and Myrmecina silvalaeva in the pattern of sculpturing on the pronotum but differs from eruga in being smaller and with a more elongate head and from silvalaeva in the longitudinal (rather than transverse) carinae on the dorsum of the mesosoma.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Myrmecina Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.09° to -17.66666985°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• pumila. Myrmecina pumila Shattuck, 2009a: 13, figs. 5, 23-25, 47 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Bellenden Ker Range, Cableway Base Station, 100m, Queensland, Australia, Earthwatch, Qld Museum, ANIC32-047349, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Crater National Park, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Feehan,J.E., ANIC32-001269, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Malanda Falls Environmental Park, Queensland, Australia, Cutter,A.D., ANIC32-011657, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Danbulla Forestry Reserve, Queensland, Australia, Holt,J., ANIC32-047262, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Danbulla Forestry Reserve, Queensland, Australia, Greenslade,P.J.M., ANIC32-047263, Australian National Insect Collection.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Antennal scapes smooth or with very low ridges. First segment of funiculus cone-shaped. Sides of head behind compound eyes smooth. Sculpturing on dorsal surface of mesosoma shallow “V”s, the dorsal surface of pronotum immediately behind the collar and central mesonotum essentially smooth. Carinae extending continuously from the dorsal surface onto the lateral surfaces of the mesosoma. Metanotal spines weakly developed and essentially absent. Propodeal spines long. Erect hairs abundant, straight. Colour dark brown-black, antennae, mandibles, legs and tip of gaster yellow.

(n = 8) — CI 90–95; HL 0.53–0.60; HW 0.50–0.56; MTL 0.25–0.29; SI 81–92; SL 0.44–0.50; WL 0.62–0.72.

References

• Shattuck, S.O. 2009a. A revision of the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina. Zootaxa 2146: 1-21 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2146.1.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Shattuck S. O. 2009. A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2146: 1-21.