Description of the Ant Larvae of Two Species of the Genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalayas Author Bharti, Himender Author Kaur, Pawanpreet Author Bharti, Meenakshi text Asian Myrmecology 2019 e 011004 11 2 11 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/96224eda-fc21-31c3-9516-c283868b87e7/ journal article 309937 10.20362/am.011004 4710837a-65b5-4c3e-b0ee-90502f301261 2462-2362 15473375

Table 1. Comparison of larval morphology between Myrmica hecate Weber, 1947 and Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902

S.No.	Morphological Characters	Myrmica hecate Weber, 1947	Myrmica rupestris Forel,1902
1.	Color	Brownish	Dull white
2.	Profile	Pheidoloid	Pognomyrmecoid
3.	Head	Ventral in position and	Ventral in position and
		slightly curved	comparatively more curved
4	Shape of head	Subquadrate	Subpyriform
5	Shape of antennae	Depressed in 1st instar &	Elevated
		Elevated
		in 2nd, 3rd instar
6	No. of hairs in occipital region	7-8	8
7	No. of hairs in vertex region	2	4
8	No. of hairs in genal region	4	4