Strumigenys adsita (lat.) Is a species of small earthen ants of the genus Strumigenys from the subfamily Myrmicinae .
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Distribution
Madagascar
Description
Small secretive ants (length about 2 mm) with a heart-shaped head, expanded posteriorly. The body is covered with expanded hairs of a spoon-shaped rounded shape. Propodeum without differentiated teeth. The apical fork stinged from 3 teeth (head length HL 0.46-0.49 mm, head width HW 0.41-0.44 mm, mandibular index MI 29-35). Antennae 6-segmented. Included in the species group S. adsita -group (tribe Dacetini ). The main color is tan. Mandibles long, narrow (with several teeth). The eyes are located inside the antennal grooves, grooves, ventro-lateral. The mandibular palps are 1-segmented, the lower labial palps consist of 1 segment (formula 1.1). 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 American worldmecologist Brian L. Fisher (Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco , California , USA ) [1] .
See also
- Strumigenys emmae
Notes
- ↑ Fisher, BL 2000. The Malagasy fauna of Strumigenys. Pp. 612-696 in: 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: Journal. - Gainesville , FL: American Entomological Institute, 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 . - ISBN 1-887988-09-2 . (page 624)
Literature
- Bolton, B. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology series): Journal. - London : British Museum (Natural History) , 1983. - Vol. 46. - P. 267-416.
- Bolton B. A new general catalog of the ants of the world. - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1995 .-- P. 504.
- 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 .