Strumigenys argiola (lat.) - a species of small ants from the tribe Dacetini (subfamily Myrmicinae ).
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Spread
Western Palaearctic : Mediterranean and Caucasus countries, including Russia (Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria ) [1] . Found in the following countries: Portugal , Spain , France , Italy , Austria , Germany , Switzerland , Hungary , Yugoslavia , Greece , Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Russia [2] [3] .
Description
The length of the yellowish body is about 2 mm (from 1.8 to 2.1 mm). Antennae 4-segmented. Scape of mustache very short, dorso-ventrally oblate and wide. Mandibles narrow elongated. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and the postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, the pupae are bare (without cocoon). Predatory species, hunts for small species of soil arthropods . The species was first described in 1869 by Italian Mirmecologist Carlo Emery ( C. Emery ) based on materials from Italy [4] under the original name Epitritus argiolus Emery, 1869 [5] . Since 1998, it was included in the genus Strumigenys (Baroni Urbani, 1998), in 1999–2007 it was included in the genus Pyramica (Bolton, 1999) and since 2007, again in the genus Strumigenys (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007) [6] [ 7] . The species is included in the Strumigenys argiola-complex from the species group Strumigenys argiola group together with 6 East-Palearctic and Oriental species ( Strumigenys hexamera , Strumigenys hirashimai , Strumigenys lachesis , Strumigenys sinensis , Strumigenys tisiphone ), but they have 6- seaters , Strumigenys lachesis , Strumigenys sinensis , Strumigenys tisiphone , 6-quintuple species, Strumigenys lachesis , Strumigenys sinensis , Strumigenys tisiphone , 6-quintuple species. sometimes the 2nd and 3rd segments of the flagellum are reduced in S. lachesis ), and not 4-segments as in argiola ; all these species also have less than 4 preapical teeth on each mandible and have dense orbicular pubescence on the promesonotal dorsum [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Ants of the genus Pyramica of the fauna of Russia and neighboring countries
- ↑ Fellner, T., Borovsky, V. & K. Fiedler 2009. First records of the dacetine ant species Pyramica argiola (Emery, 1869) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Austria. Myrmecological News Vol. 12: 167–169.
- ↑ Arakelian, GR; Dlussky, GM 1991. Dacetine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 70 (2): 149-152 (p. 150, catalog)
- ↑ 1 2 Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. With the revision of the Australian epopostrumiform genera by the Oregon Shattuck (Eng.) // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. - 2000. - Vol. 65 . - P. 1-1028 .
- ↑ Emery, C. Formicidarum italicorum species duae novae (ital.) // Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. : Magazine. - 1869. - V. 1 . - P. 135-137 (page 136, fig. 1 description of the female) .
- ↑ Baroni Urbani & De Andrade. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: Limits and constituent gene, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova), 99: 1-191 (p. 115)
- ↑ Strumigenys argiola
Literature
- Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. The Australian epopostrumiform genera with the revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. - 2000. - T. 65 . - p . 1-1028 .
- Baroni Urbani C. & ML De Andrade. The ant tribe Dacetini: Limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species // Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova). - T. 99 . - S. 1-191 .
Links
- Ants of the genus Pyramica of the fauna of Russia and neighboring countries .
- Eol.org: Pyramica argiola . (eng.) (checked 27 October 2016)
- Biolib.cz: Strumigenys argiola . (eng.) (checked 27 October 2016)
- Discoverlife.org: Pyramica argiola . (eng.) (checked 27 October 2016)