Myrmecina modesta subarmata

Almost no information is available for this subspecies.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Solomon Islands.

Biology
Known only from the worker caste. No further information.

Nomenclature

 *  subarmata. Myrmecina modesta subsp. subarmata Mann, 1919: 337 (w.) SOLOMON IS.

Description
Worker. Length 2.50 - 2.75 mm.

Differing from Myrmecina modesta in having the epinotal spines much reduced in size, being less than half as long as the epinotal declivity, triangular in shape and not acute at apex.

MCZ Type 9,187.

Additional References
[[Media:Mann 1919.pdf|Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63: 273-391 PDF]]