Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019

Gu, Zhuojian, Zhang, Chen, Du, Congcong & Chen, Zhilin, 2025, Synopsis of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with description of eleven new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2), pp. 395-448 : 395-448

Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019

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Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019: 3, figs 1–5 (w.) THAILAND.

Material examined.

Unexamined. High-resolution images of the holotype from Jaitrong et al. (2019) were reviewed.

Diagnostic features.

(1) Clypeus with shallowly concave dorsal face and tridentate median projection on anterior margin; (2) antennal scapes short ( SI 71–78), not reaching posterolateral corners of head; (3) eyes extremely reduced (4–6 ommatidia); (3) propodeal spines relatively long; (4) petiole rectangular in dorsal view (PTI 92–100), ventral margin straight, with small anterior denticle; (5) gastral tergite I strongly concave anteriorly and densely punctate, gastral sternite I reticulate; (6) dorsum of head and mesosoma densely punctate-rugose, ventrolateral portion of head with irregular rugae.

Distribution.

Yunnan; THAILAND.

Figures

Figure 46. Myrmecina raviwonghei, holotype worker (THNHM-I- 05470, Jaitrong et al. 2019). A. Body in lateral view; B. Head in full-face view; C. Body in dorsal view; D. Gaster in dorsal view; E. Petiole and postpetiole in lateral view.