Myrmecina eowilsoni Liu, 2022

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 eowilsoni Liu, 2022

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Myrmecina eowilsoni Liu, 2022: 156, fig. 3 (w.) CHINA.

Material examined.

Unexamined. High-resolution images of the holotype from Liu et al. (2022) were reviewed.

Diagnostic features.

(1) Postpetiole strongly expanded laterally, more than twice as broad as petiole; (2) lateral portions of clypeus raised into sharp ridges (shield-like) in front of antennal torulus; (3) propodeal spines straight in dorsal view; (4) gastral tergite I smooth and shining; (6) ventrolateral portion of head with puncta or rugae; (7) anterior clypeal margin with a median denticle; (8) eyes small, composed of ≤ 10 ommatidia.

Distribution.

Yunnan.

Figures

Figure 32. Myrmecina eowilsoni, holotype worker (MCZ-ENT 00763515, Liu et al. 2022). A. Body in lateral view; B. Head in full-face view; C. Body in dorsal view.