Myrmica curvispinosa

Myrmica curvispinosa has been collected by the hand picking method from a nest under stones in a patchy Cedrus forest in a temperate region of the Himalayas. The forest was surrounded by cultivated fields and an apple orchard. The temperature recorded at the site was 23°C. One paratype and ergatoid were collected from another locality (Kothi, Himachal Pardesh, India), beneath a stone in moist soil. The area was surrounded by a patchy Cedrus forest with grass cover and located under the foothills of Peer-Panjal range of the Himalayas, covered with snow from October to mid-March.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Castes
Males have yet to be collected.

Nomenclature

 *  curvispinosa. Myrmica curvispinosa Bharti & Sharma, 2013: 124, figs. 1-9 (w.q.) INDIA.