The queen of the ant species, Myrmica zhengi Ma & Xu, is described. The queen is similar to workers, but differs from the latter in the following characters: Head with three large ocelli, eyes with dark colored patc...The queen of the ant species, Myrmica zhengi Ma & Xu, is described. The queen is similar to workers, but differs from the latter in the following characters: Head with three large ocelli, eyes with dark colored patches; clypeus cabochon, anterior margin straight; mandible shiny, alitrunk very regularly longitudinally striated, petiole, dorsum of postpetiole and gaster shiny and smooth; body mainly brown, edge of mesonotum with suberect hair, posterior part of postpetiole with a transverse row of sparse erect hairs.展开更多
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文摘The queen of the ant species, Myrmica zhengi Ma & Xu, is described. The queen is similar to workers, but differs from the latter in the following characters: Head with three large ocelli, eyes with dark colored patches; clypeus cabochon, anterior margin straight; mandible shiny, alitrunk very regularly longitudinally striated, petiole, dorsum of postpetiole and gaster shiny and smooth; body mainly brown, edge of mesonotum with suberect hair, posterior part of postpetiole with a transverse row of sparse erect hairs.