Strumigenys anchis (lat.) - a species of small earthen ants from the subfamily Myrmicinae . Australia Small ants (about 2 mm) with a heart-shaped head, extended posteriorly. Pull out the mandibles thin (with several teeth, usually 2-3 apical). Pronotum is bordered dorsolaterally. The eyes in the top view are almost invisible, as they are hidden in the antennae grooves. Antennae 4-segmented. Head length (HL) 0.59-0.61 mm, head width (HW) 0.47-0.50 mm. Mesonotum without spaced hairs. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon). Specialized coleball hunters. The species was first described in 2000 by the English worldmecologist Barry Bolton . It is included in the species group emmae species group (together with S. bibis , S. emmae , S. miniteras , S. pnyxia , S. radix , S. sutrix [1] .
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See also
- Strumigenys emmae
Notes
- ↑ 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. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 . - ISBN 1-887988-09-2 .
Literature
- Bolton B. A new general catalog of the ants of the world. - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1995 .-- 504 p.
- 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. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 . - ISBN 1-887988-09-2 .