Myrmecina semipolita

Described from a type collected long ago in Java, Myrmecina semipolita has yet to be found again.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia.

Nomenclature

 *  semipolita. Myrmecina semipolita Forel, 1905c: 15 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).

Description
Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - The following description is based on Forel (1905). Head subrectangular, length shorter than broad in full-face view. Sides of head slightly convex; median portion of occipital margin straight. Antennal scrobe absent. Mandible smooth and shining with apical and preapical tooth following 4-5 small and unclear teeth. Eyes convex. Antennal scape extending beyond occipital margin of head. Dorsal outline of mesosoma convex without suture. Propodeal spine directing backward, slightly longer than broad at base. Eumetanotal spine small. Petiole longer than broad. Postpetiole length shorter than broad, and slightly broader than petiole. Gaster oval. Ventrolateral portion of head with rugae. Mesosoma with thick and irregular rugae longitudinally. Remains of the body smooth and shining. Body black to almost black, antenna, legs, clypeus, mandible reddish.

Type Material
Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - Syntype worker, INDONESIA: Buitenzorg (=Bogor), Java (K. Kraepelin) (depository unknown). We have not been able to examine type material of Myrmecina semipolita.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.
 * Okido H. 2011. Biogeography of the ant genus Myrmecina from Asia (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Kankyo Kanri 40: 60-64.
 * [[Media:Okido, H., Ogata, K. et al. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmecina in Southeast Asia.pdf|Okido, H., Ogata, K., Hosoishsi, S. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmecina in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum. 7:1-108.]]