Strumigenys schuetzi (lat.) Is a species of small earthen ants of the genus Strumigenys from the subfamily Myrmicinae .
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Spread
Madagascar .
Description
Small secretive ants (length less than 2 mm) with a heart-shaped head extended posteriorly. Antennae 4-segmented. Chest on top with a notch in the middle. Pronotum shoulder angles with club-shaped protruding hairs. The head is covered with expanded hairs of a spoon-shaped-rounded shape. The apical fork is a mandible of 2 teeth; only one preapical tooth is located nearby (head length HL 0.39–0.41 mm, head width HW 0.41–0.42 mm, mandibular index MI 32—38). Head dorsum without a transverse row of lamellar hairs near the occipital margin. Included in the species group S. arnoldi- group ( Dacetini tribe). The main color is yellowish-brown. Mandibles long, narrow (with several teeth). The eyes are located inside the antennae 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 collembol hunters. The species was first described in 2000 by American mirmecologist Brian Fisher ( Brian L. Fisher , Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco , California , USA ) [1] .
Top view (working)
See also
- Strumigenys emmae
Notes
- ↑ Fisher, BL 2000. The Malagasy fauna of Strumigenys. Pp. 612-696 in: Bolton B. The ant tribe Dacetini. The Australian epopostrumiform genera with the revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute: Journal. - Gainesville , FL: American Entomological Institute, 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 . - ISBN 1-887988-09-2 . (page 636)
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 .