Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019

Liu, Cong, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Qing, Peng, Yan-Qiong, Economo, Evan P. & Guénard, Benoit, 2022, Updating the taxonomy of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in China with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5182 (2), pp. 152-164 : 163

Myrmecina raviwonghei Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019 Figure 6 .

Material examined. China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , 1 pinned worker in the botanical garden, 21.912N, 101.282E, 640 m, limestone rainforest, 06.VI.2013 (B. Blanchard, B. Guénard, & C. Liu) ( MCZ: CASENT0713298 ) ; 1 pinned worker near Menglun town , 21.888N, 101.266E, 620 m, rubber plantation, 14.VI.2013 (B. Blanchard, B. Guénard, & C. Liu) ( MCZ: CASENT0713537 , MCZ: CASENT0713540 ) ; 1 pinned worker near Man Sai Village , 21.858N, 101.276E, 675 m, rainforest, 12.VI.2013 (B. Blanchard, B. Guénard, & C. Liu) ( MCZ: CASENT0713303 )

Diagnosis. See Jaitrong et al. 2019.

Worker measurements. (N=4). TL 2.19–2.31; HL 0.58–0.60; HW 0.53–0.58; MaL 0.23–0.25; SL 0.43–0.45; EL 0.07–0.08; WL 0.65–0.68; PNW 0.43; PNH; 0.30–0.32; MW 0.25–0.28; PSL 0.15–0.17; PTL 0.20–0.22; PTW 0.13; PTH 0.15–0.17; PPL 0.15–0.17; PPW 0.18; PPH 0.18; CI 91–96; SI 78–81; MaI 43; PI 59–62.5; PPI 106 –117.

Distribution and ecology. In China, this species is only known from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province. One worker was collected within limestone rainforest in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, situated at an elevation of 640 m. Another worker was collected from a leaf litter extraction in a rainforest near Man Sai village at 675 m. Two additional workers were collected from leaf litter in a rubber plantation at 620 m. There is no additional information about its ecology.

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FIGURE 6. M. raviwonghei (CASENT0713298). (A) Body in profile view. (B) Body in dorsal view. (C) Head in full-face view. (D) Distribution map.