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MYRMECOLOGY
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DOI: 10.20362/am.011004
Asian Myrmecology 11: e011004 (1-11)
article first published online: 31/December/2019
Description of the Ant Larvae of Two Species of the Genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalayas
HIMENDER BHARTI, PAWANPREET KAUR & MEENAKSHI BHARTI*
Abstract:
We provide detailed description of three larval instars of two ant species namely; Myrmica hecate Weber 1947 and Mymica rupestris Forel 1902. Myrmica rupestris larvae exhibit the “pogonomyrmecoid” body shape which is considered ancestral in the genus Myrmica, whereas M. hecate larvae exhibit the “pheidoloid” shape.
Keywords:
larval external morphology, Myrmicinae, Myrmica hecate, Myrmica rupestris
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Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India
*Corresponding author: adubharti@gmail.com
