Strumigenys tiglath

	Strumigenys tiglath
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Winged insects
Treasure :	Fully Transformed Insects
Squadron :	Hymenopterida
Squad:	Hymenoptera
Suborder :	Belly-bellied
Infrastructure :	Stinging
Superfamily :	Formicoidea
Family:	Ants
Subfamily :	Myrmycins
Tribe :	Dacetini
Gender:	Strumigenys
View:	Strumigenys tiglath
International scientific name
	Strumigenys tiglath ( Bolton , 1983)
Synonyms
	Epitritus tiglath Bolton, 1983; Pyramica tiglath (Bolton, 1983);

Strumigenys tiglath (lat.) - a species of small ants from the tribe Dacetini (subfamily Myrmicinae ).

Distribution

Africa : Ivory Coast , Ghana .

Description

The length of the yellowish body is about 1 mm (from 138 to 1.4 mm), the length of the head is from 0.39 to 0.47 mm. Dorsal surface of mandibles with two large flattened setae. Orbicular hairs on the head behind the clypeus are developed. Antennae 6-segmented. Antenna scapus very short, dorso-ventrally flattened and wide. The mandibles are narrow elongated. 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). Predatory species, preys on small species of soil arthropods . The species was first described in 1983 by the British worldmecologist Barry Bolton under the original name Epitritus tiglath Bolton, 1983 based on materials from Africa ^[1] . The species is included in the Strumigenys laticeps-complex from the species group Strumigenys argiola together with several African and Palearctic species ( Strumigenys laticeps , Strumigenys marchosias , Strumigenys mormo , Strumigenys anorbicula , Strumigenys roomi ) ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² 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 .

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 // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. - 2000 .-- T. 65 . - S. 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

Photo by Strumigenys tiglath . (English) (Retrieved June 25, 2017)
Eol.org: Strumigenys . (English) (Retrieved June 25, 2017)
Biolib.cz: Strumigenys . (English) (Retrieved June 25, 2017)

[Bolton2000-1] ¹ ² 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 .