Myrmicaria buenaventei

Identification
Diagnosis (worker). Clypeus with pronounced median carina. Scape long, SI = 99–110. Pronotum dorsally with arcuate rugae, anteroventral teeth prominent. Sides of mesonotum hardly bulging; posterior surface with reduced sculpture. Rugae on metapleura and sides of propodeum longitudinal (reduced in smallest specimens). Propodeal spines long, directed caudally, continuing dorsal outline of propodeum, weakly upcurved. Propodeum deeply concave between bases of spines. Peduncle of petiole long. Base of gaster tergite 1 without striation. Gaster light brown.

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

Biology
Despite the fact that numerous samples of Myrmicaria from Luzon were studied, M. buenaventei new species is only known from Mt. Palali in Nueva Vizcaya Province. There it occupies a wide altitudinal range (890–1,436 m a.s.l.) including cold and wet habitats in the mossy forest zone (Perry A. C. Buenavente, pers. comm.).

Nomenclature

 *  buenaventei. Myrmicaria buenaventei Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General, 2018: 615, figs. 5-8, 18 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon Island).