Strumigenys lucifuga
Strumigenys lucifuga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Strumigenys |
Species: | S. lucifuga |
Binomial name | |
Strumigenys lucifuga (Bolton, 2000) |
A specimen was found in a rainforest litter-sample.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys lujae-group. S. lucifuga appears to be closest related to Strumigenys geoterra but the two are easily separated by the characters given in the key.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 2.06889° to 2.06889°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gabon (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lucifuga. Pyramica lucifuga Bolton, 2000: 314 (w.) GABON. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 122
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype. TL 2.0, HL 0.48, HW 0.36, CI 75, ML 0.20, MI 42, SL 0.32, SI 89, PW 0.28, AL 0.58. Upper scrobe margin in full-face view with narrow border that peter out posteriorly; in profile scrobe shallow and poorly developed, its upper margin very feebly developed posterior to level of eye. Apicoscrobal hair absent. Dorsum of head sharply reticulate-punctate, with small spatulate ground-pilosity that is feebly elevated; a single pair of anteriorly curved stout remiform hairs present close to occipital margin. Pronotum without a projecting simple or flagellate humeral hair but a strongly recurved narrowly spatulate hair, similar to but slightly longer than the pronotal ground-pilosity, is present at the humeru . Mesonotum with a single pair of erect stout remiform hairs. Pronotal dorsum and sides unsculptured, glassy smooth. Mesonotum and propodeal dorsum finely reticulate-punctulate, the declivity weakly sculptured. Dorsum of petiole node finely sculptured and dull; disc of postpetiole un sculptured and smooth. Pleurae and side of propodeum mostly smooth, punctate peripherally. Petiole and postpetiole posterodorsally each with a single pair of stout, thickly remiform hairs, the first gastral tergite with similar hairs.
Paratypes. TL 2.0, HL 0.48-0.50, HW 0.36-0.37, CI 74-75, ML 0.20, MI 40-42, SL 0.32, SI 86-89, PW 0.27-0.28, AL 0.58 (2 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Gabon: Provo Woleu-Ntem, 31.3 km. 108° ESE Minvoul, 2°04.8'N, 12°24.4'E, 600 m., 1l.ii.1998, #1684(39) (B.L. Fisher) (The Natural History Museum).
Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype (South African Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology).
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M.L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”. 99:1-191.
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 314, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65