Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008

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 curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008

Fig. 31

Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008: 286, figs 1–3 (w.) CHINA.

Material examined.

Holotype. • worker, Maoershan , Guangxi, China, 25.9001°N, 110.5001°E, 1550 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 22. VIII. 1998, Shanyi Zhou .

Diagnostic features.

(1) Propodeal spines distinctly outcurved apically in dorsal view; (2) gastral tergite I completely smooth and shining; (3) anteroventral pronotal angle acute and rectangular, projecting forward; (4) eyes small, composed of fewer than 10 ommatidia; (5) head square-shaped ( CI 103), with strongly developed occipital carina and concave posterior margin; (6) mandibles massive, masticatory margin with two prominent apical teeth followed by small blunt denticles; (7) mesosomal dorsum less convex than in related species, gradually tapering posteriorly; (8) petiole quadrangular, with distinct cross ridge, subpetiolar process small and triangular; (9) head and mesosoma strongly longitudinally striate.

Distribution.

Guangxi.

Figures

Figure 31. Line drawing of Myrmecina curvispina (redrawn after the original line drawing of Zhou et al. 2008). A. Head in full-face view; B. Body in dorsal view; C. Body in lateral view.