Myrmica collingwoodi

Virtually unknown, except that this species was found at altitudes ranging 2450-3100m above mean sea level (Bharti et al., 2016).

Identification
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) – A member of the boltoni complex of the ritae species group. It differs froin the other species of this complex by its much more finely pundated head dorsum, by the finer sculpture of its alitrunk dorsum, by possession of outstanding hairs on the temples and genae, and by its lighter colour. Additionally, it differs from Myrmica martensi by its distinctly longer propodeal spines, and from Myrmica boltoni by its straight propodeal spines, which are directed backwards and somewhat upwards.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bhutan, India.

Castes
Males are unknown.

Nomenclature

 *  collingwoodi. Myrmica collingwoodi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 23, fig. 6 (w.q.) BHUTAN. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 111.

Type Material
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Holotype, w, "Dorjula, 3100 m, 26.06" [Bhutan],."Nat.-Hist. Museum BASLE - Bhutan Expedition 1972, Alk. No 56" (BASLE); paratypes: 9 w, 1 q with the same label (probably same nest) as holotype; 6 w, with the samc label, but date of collecting 6.06; 6 w, "Dorjula, 2450-3100 m, 6.06", "Nat.-Hist. Museum BASLE - Bhutan Expedition 1972, No 24-36" (BASLE, LONDON, KIEV, ELMES).

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - dedicated to our good friend, the eminent British entomologist Cedric A. Collingwood, who at the time of writing is one of the oldest active myrmecologists.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
 * Bharti H., S. Sasi, and A. Radchenko. 2016. Biogeography and ecology of Myrmica species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Himalayan regions. Sociobiology 63(3): 956-975.
 * Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the ritae species-group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik Zoologii 32(4): 3-27.
 * Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2001. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23: 237-276.
 * Radchenko A. G., and G. W. Elmes. 2010. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 790 pp.
 * Radchenko, A. G., and G. W. Elmes. "A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Entomologica Basiliensia 23 (2001): 237-276.