Myrmecina butteli

Know from few collections, one of which was from an alluvial forest.

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

Nomenclature

 *  butteli. Myrmecina butteli Forel, 1913k: 71, fig. U (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).

Description
Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - description based on Forel (1913). Mandible smooth and shining. Masticatory margin of mandible with 6-7 teeth. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly concave. Mid point of head length as long as broad. Sides of head convex strongly. Occipital margin slightly concave. Eyes small and much convex. Antennal scape reaching occipital margin. Mesosoma convex strongly without suture. Anterodorsal portion of pronotum marginated. Propodeal spine triangular, slightly longer than broad at base. Petiole slightly longer than broad. Postpetiole slightly broader than length, and slightly broader than petiole. Head with thick and diverging rugae. Mesosoma with thick rugae. Constricted anterior portion of pronotum with transverse rugae posteriorly. Petiole with longitudinal rugae. Body black, mandibles, antennal scapes, femora and tibiae brown, funiculus, and tarsi reddish brown.

Type Material
Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - Syntype worker, INDONESIA: Tandjong Slamat, Sumatra (Buttel-Reepen?) (depository unknown) [not seen].

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. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
 * Okido H. 2011. Biogeography of the ant genus Myrmecina from Asia (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Kankyo Kanri 40: 60-64.
 * Satria R., and S. Yamane. 2019. Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica 28: 183–193.