Strumigenys murphyi

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Strumigenys murphyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. murphyi
Binomial name
Strumigenys murphyi
(Taylor, 1968)

This distinctive species is known only from the type material. It was collected from the litter in a wet bamboo habitat.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys murphyi-group. The largest member of the group yet described (HW 0.45-0.53), it is most closely related to Strumigenys dyschima. These two Malesian species retain small eyes and have orbicular hairs present on the head, whereas the Nepalese Strumigenys hemisobek lacks both these features. The characters noted in the key and tabulated under dyschima will quickly separate murphyi from that species.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.016670227° to 3.233333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality).

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

Nomenclature

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

  • murphyi. Epitritus murphyi Taylor, 1968d: 130, figs. 1, 2 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 124. See also: Bolton, 2000: 453.

Type Material

Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, MALAYSIA: Kelantan, Rantau Panjang, 9.xi.1963, berlesate no. 126, wet bamboo litter and “main plains” soil (D. H. Murphy); paratype worker, MALAYSIA: Selangor, Gombak, nr University of Malaya Field Station, 9th mile, 9.ii.1967, berlesate no. 322, thin forest litter on steep slope with underlying granular soil (D. H. Murphy) (Australian National Insect Collection) [examined].

Description

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