Myrmecina strigis Lin & Wu, 1998

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 strigis Lin & Wu, 1998

Fig. 52

Myrmecina strigis Lin & Wu, 1998: 91, figs 9, 11, 21–24 (w.) TAIWAN.

Material examined.

Unexamined.

Diagnostic features.

(1) 12 - segmented antennae; (2) head and mesosoma with striate-rugose sculpture (frons smooth); (3) anterior margin of clypeus convex (lacking a median denticle); (4) propodeal spines short, acute (shorter than their basal width, directed posteriorly); (5) gastral tergite I smooth; and (6) body size large ( TL > 3.5 mm).

Notes.

To date, we have been unable to examine the type specimens or obtain high-resolution images of the type material of M. strigis , except for SEM photographs of its holotype. This species closely resembles M. asiatica in general morphology, but can be reliably distinguished by the following diagnostic characters: (1) significantly larger body size ( TL > 3.5) (vs. < 2.6 in M. asiatica ), (2) anterior clypeal margin convex (vs. straight in M. asiatica ), and (3) propodeal spines proportionally shorter. Additional distinguishing features include its propodeal spine orientation (compared to M. taiwana ) and gastral tergite I completely smooth (vs. the reticulate sculpture in M. raviwonghei ).

Distribution.

Taiwan.

Figures

Figure 52. Line drawing of Myrmecina strigis (redrawn after the SEM photographs of Lin and Wu 1998). A. Head in full-face view; B. Body in dorsal view; C. Body in lateral view.