Myrmica sinoschencki

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - A member of the schencki group. It differs from all known species of the schencki-group (except for Myrmica onoyamai and Myrmica inucta) by its distinctly wider frons (mean FI > 0.33 vs. ≤ 0.32). M. sinoschencki has much more extended frontal lobes than M. onoyamai (FLI > 1.35 vs. < 1.25), while the very reduced sculpture of M. inucta, appearing dark and shiny, well distinguishes from all other species of the schencki-group (for more details see Radchenko, Elmes and Alicata 2006; Radchenko et al. 2008).

Distribution
Sichuan Province, China.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  sinoschencki. Myrmica sinoschencki Radchenko & Elmes, in Radchenko, Zhou, et al. 2008: 778, figs. 31-38 (w.) CHINA. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 279.

Type Material
Holotype, w, China, Sichuan Prov., Maoxian, 40 km N Winchuan, 1800 m, 23.viii.2002, leg: S. Murzin and I. Shokhin (Petersburg); paratypes: 2 workers with the same label as holotype (Petersburg, Kiev).

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - from a combination of the word sino = pertaining to China (derived from the classical Latin name Sinae = China) and the name schencki, to indicate that this species belongs to the schencki species group.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chen Z. L., S. Y. Zhou, and J. H. Huang. 2016. Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 551: 85–128.