Myrmica villosa

Virtually unknown, except that the type series were found at the altitude 3300m above mean sea level (Bharti et al., 2016).

Identification
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) – A member of the pachei group, and is closely related to M. pachei, differing from the latter mainly by a denser sculpture of the head dorsum, by its more abundant, long, thin, fine, curved body hairs and longer hairs on legs, and by the lighter, brownish red colour of the alitrunk, waist and gaster. These two species differ from all other known species of the pachei-group by having only transversal striations on the alitrunk dorsum.

Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Bhutan.

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

Castes
Males have yet to be collected.

Nomenclature

 *  villosa. Myrmica villosa Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a: 31, fig. 1 (6-12) (w.q.) BHUTAN. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 318.

Type Material
Holotype, w, Dechli Palm, 5 km 0 Pelela, 3300 m, 19-20.06.1972 (Natural history Museum Basel Bhutan Expedition, 1972) (Basle); paratypes: 15 w, 1 q with the same label (Basle, London, Kiev, Elmes).

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - from the adjective villose derived from the Latin word villus = shaggy hair, to describe the pilosity of the body.

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. 1999. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestnik Zoologii 33(3): 27-46.
 * 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. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the pachei species-group of the genus Myrmica Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 59: 67-92.