Myrmica rigatoi

Nothing is known about the biology of Myrmica rigatoi (Bharti et al., 2016).

Identification
A member of the inezae group. M. rigatoi has an anterior clypeal margin that is not notched and propodeal lobes that are more rounded than pointed. It is provisional placed in the inezae-group due to the similarity of the shape of petiole and propodeal spines (Radchenko and Elmes 2001b). On the other hand, it clearly differs from M. inezae by the absence of transversal sculpture on the alitrunk. (Radchenko and Elmes 2010)

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

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  rigatoi. Myrmica rigatoi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 18, fig. 4 (6-10) (w.) PAKISTAN. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 225.

Type Material
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Holotype, w, "Pakistan, Changla Gali (between Marree and Nathia Gali), 2200 m, 16.08.1994, leg. S. Dakatra" (Milan)

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - this species was dedicated to our friend and colleague Dr. Fabrizio Rigato of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan.

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.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.