Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

By

Chen, Zhilin
Zhou, Shanyi
Huang, Jianhua.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

551

Pages

85-128

Subjects

Formicidae , Myrmica , new Chinese record , new species , new synonym

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.551.6005

 

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 are described from China: M. dongi sp. n., M. huaii sp. n., M. liui sp. n., M. mifui sp. n., M. oui sp. n., M. wangi sp. n. and M. yani sp. n. Myrmica forcipata Karawaiew, 1931 is recorded from China for the first time, while M. zhengi Ma & Xu, 2011 is synonymized with M. luteola Kupyanskaya, 1990. Identification keys based on worker caste are provided to the Myrmica species of China and the pachei-group species of the Old World, respectively.