Strumigenys membranifera (lat.) Is a species of small invasive ants of the genus Strumigenys from the tribe Dacetini (subfamily Myrmicinae ).
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 Systematics
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Distribution
Widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics, a taxon of presumably afrotropic origin [3] (in Africa it is known in countries such as Egypt , Tunisia , Cape Verde , South Africa ) [4] . With the help of human commerce, it was brought to many countries of the world, including Australia [5] , the USA , Neotropics ( Venezuela , Dominican Republic , Costa Rica , Cuba , Mexico , Panama ), Japan (north to Tokyo) [6] , to Madagascar and the ocean islands ( Tonga , Fiji ) [7] , Bhutan , Israel , India , Indonesia , China , Nepal , Turkey [4] . Marked in Southern Europe: Armenia , Greece , Italy , Malta [8] .
Description
The length of the tan body is 1.5-2.0 mm [6] . Mandibles short, bent down, with several teeth. Pronotum sharply angular along anterior margin. An invasive predatory species that preys on small species of soil arthropods , mainly Collembola [9] [3] . Strumigenys membranifera is one of the few species of ants in which telithic parthenogenesis has been detected [10] . The number of families of Strumigenys membranifera is several hundred ants [11] .
Female side view
Side worker
Strumigenys membranifera
Systematics
The species was first described in 1869 by the Italian worldmecologist Carl Emery, using materials from Italy under the original name Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869 . In 1948-1999, for almost half a century, this taxon was included in the genus Trichoscapa , previously considered as a subgenus (Brown, 1948). In 1999-2007 it was included in the genus Pyramica (Bolton, 1999) and since 2007 it has been re-listed as a member of the genus Strumigenys (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007) [2] [12] . The species is included in the species group Strumigenys membranifera-group . Due to its wide distribution around the world, it was described several times under different names, later summarized in synonyms [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Emery, C. Enumerazione dei Formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli (Italian) // Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti: Journal. - 1869. - V. 2 , n. 2 . - P. 1-26 . [one]
- ↑ 1 2 Baroni Urbani & De Andrade. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: Limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova), 99: 1-191
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. With a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute: Journal. - 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 .
- ↑ 1 2 Wetterer, James K. Worldwide spread of the membraniferous dacetine ant, Strumigenys membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Myrmecological News: Journal. - Vienna, 2011 .-- Vol. 14 . - P. 129-135 . - ISSN 1997-3500 .
- ↑ Pyramica membranifera - ento.csiro.au
- ↑ 1 2 Tokara-uroko-ari ト カ ラ ウ ロ コ ア リ . (English) (Retrieved April 16, 2012)
- ↑ Eol.org: Pyramica membranifera . (English) (Retrieved October 31, 2016)
- ↑ faunaeur.org: Pyramica membranifera . (English) (Retrieved April 16, 2012)
- ↑ Species: Pyramica membranifera - AntWeb
- ↑ Ito, F., Touyama, Y., Gotoh, A., Kitahiro, S. and Billen, J. Thelytokous parthenogenesis by queens in the dacetine ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Naturwissenschaften: Journal. - 2010 .-- Vol. 97 . - P. 725-728 .
- ↑ Gotoh, A., Billen, J., Tsuji, K., Sasaki, T. and Ito, F. Histological study of the spermatheca in three thelytokous parthenogenetic ant species, Pristomyrmex punctatus, Pyramica membranifera and Monomorium triviale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ] (Eng.) // Acta Zoologica: Journal. - 2012. - Vol. 93 . - P. 200-207 .
- ↑ Strumigenys membranifera . Hymenoptera Online (HOL)
Literature
- Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. With a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck (Eng.) // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. - 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 .
- Baroni Urbani C. & ML De Andrade. The ant tribe Dacetini: Limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Eng.) // Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova). - Vol. 99 . - P. 1-191 .
Links
- Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869 . Mississippi entomological museum
- Strumigenys membranifera (photo) . AlexanderWild.com
- Pyramica (Trichoscapa) membranifera (Emery) . The Ants of Africa.
- Pyramica of Russia and neighboring countries . (Russian) (Retrieved October 31, 2016)
- Biolib.cz: Strumigenys membranifera . (English) (Retrieved October 31, 2016)