Myrmecina pauca Huang, Huang & Zhou, 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 pauca Huang, Huang & Zhou, 2008

Fig. 43

Myrmecina pauca Huang, Huang & Zhou, 2008: 275, figs 1–6 (w. q.) CHINA.

Material examined.

Holotype. • worker, Bamianshan , Hunan, China, 26.0333°N, 113.7500°E, secondary forest, leaf litter, 1300 m, 14. VI. 2004, Jianhua Huang . Paratypes. • 3 workers, from the same collection date as holotype . Non-type. • 4 workers, Dayaoshan , Guangxi, China, 24.1356°N, 110.0864°E, 624 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 26. VI. 2021, Yulin Xie, GXNU 201857 ; • 4 workers, Maoershan , Guangxi, China, 25.8983°N, 110.4697°E, 1100 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 16. VII. 2020, Chunxuan Luo, GXNU 203468 ; • 5 workers, Maoershan , Guangxi, China, 25.8983°N, 110.4697°E, 1100 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 15. VII. 2020, Chunxuan Luo, GXNU 203356 ; • 3 workers, Maoershan , Guangxi, China, 25.8983°N, 110.4697°E, 1100 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 16. VII. 2020, Chunxuan Luo, GXNU 203399 ; • 2 workers, Maoershan , Guangxi, China, 25.8983°N, 110.4697°E, 1100 m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 16. VII. 2020, Chunxuan Luo, GXNU 203458 .

Diagnostic features.

Antenna 11 - segmented (unique among Myrmecina species).

Distribution.

Guangxi, Hunan.

Figures

Figure 43. Myrmecina pauca. A. Head in full-face view; B. Antenna; C. Body in dorsal view; D. Body in lateral view.