Strumigenys conspersa

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Strumigenys conspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. conspersa
Binomial name
Strumigenys conspersa
Emery, 1906

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys conspersa.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys alberti-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.468° to -31.657°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Brazil.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Strumigenys conspersaWorker. Specimen code casent0904960. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • conspersa. Strumigenys conspersa Emery, 1906c: 169, fig. 29 (w.) ARGENTINA. Santschi, 1929d: 302 (q.). Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325; in Smithistruma: Brown, 1953g: 100; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 117. See also: Bolton, 2000: 155.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Bolton (2000) - TL 2.0-2.1, HL 0.52-0.54, HW 0.35-0.36, CI 66-69, ML 0.09-0.11, MI 18-22, SL 0.28-0.30, SI 80-86, PW 0.25-0.26, AL 0.48-0.53 (3 measured).

Mandible with a basal series of 5 narrow acutely triangular teeth distal of which are two smaller but similarly shaped teeth; basal tooth immediately follows basal lamella, without a long secondary lamella on the masticatory margin and without alternation of high acute and low rounded teeth. Eye large, with 6-7 ommatidia in the longest row. Apicoscrobal hair simple, almost straight, slightly thickened apically. Pronotum without a median longitudinal carina. Dorsal alitrunk and side of pronotum evenly densely reticulate-punctate. Propodeal spines long and extremely thin, needle-like, the propodeal lamella reduced to a minute carina on the declivity below each spine.

Type Material

Bolton (2000) - Syntype workers, ARGENTINA: Salta (F. Silvestri) Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa (not seen).

References

  • Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 33:1639-1689. (page 1673, Combination in Pyramica)
  • Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 155, redescription of worker)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953k. A revision of the dacetine ant genus Orectognathus. Mem. Qld. Mus. 13: 84-104 (page 100, Combination in Smithistruma)
  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 169, fig. 29 worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 325, Combination in S. (Cephaloxys))
  • Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 107: 273-316 (page 302, queen described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158 (page 148, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Kempf W. W. 1958. The ants of the tribe Dacetini in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Strumigenys. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1: 553-560.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov, N., and R. Golbach. "Lista de las especies argentinas de la tribu Dacetini Hymenoptera, Formicidae." Acta Zoologica Lilloana 10 (1952): 423-426.
  • Silva T. S. R., and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. Using controlled vocabularies in anatomical terminology: A case study with Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Structure and Development 52: 1-26.