Strumigenys ortholex

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Strumigenys ortholex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. ortholex
Binomial name
Strumigenys ortholex
Bolton, 2000

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys ortholex.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the signeae complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. This species shares a marked reduction of standing pilosity and lack of a specialized humeral hair with Strumigenys forficata, Strumigenys degonya and Strumigenys esrossi; see under forficata.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.766670227° to -8.766670227°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

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

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Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • ortholex. Strumigenys ortholex Bolton, 2000: 825 (w.) NEW GUINEA.

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 2.2, HL 0.60, HW 0.41, CI 68, ML 0.28, MI 47, SL 0.38, SI 93, PW 0.24, AL 0.57. Characters of signeae-complex. Preapical tooth not adjacent to apicodorsal tooth, space between their bases about equal to length of preapical tooth. Apicoscrobal hair absent; dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view with a row of small, closely applied spatulate hairs, without freely laterally projecting hairs anywhere. Ventrolateral margin of head not concave in front of eye. Cephalic dorsum with strongly curved subreclinate spatulate ground-pilosity but without erect hairs, even the usual erect row near the occipital margin absent. Dorsal alitrunk with sparse, near-appressed ground pilosity, without standing hairs anywhere, without pronotal humeral hair. Dorsal surface of petiole without standing hairs but disc of postpetiole and first gastral tergite with sparse erect flagellate hairs: postpetiole disc with one pair, first gastral tergite with two pairs, one near base the other near apex. Second tergite with flagellate hairs. Entire dorsum and side of alitrunk finely densely reticulate-punctate. Propodeal lamella narrow, its posterior (free) margin concave and paralleling the shape of the edge of the declivity. With petiole in profile the lateral spongiform lobe is restricted to the extreme posterior margin of the node; in the same view anterior face of node subequal to length of dorsum. Petiole node in dorsal view slightly broader than long. Disc of postpetiole finely longitudinally costulate. Basigastral costulae sharply developed, longer than disc of postpetiole; spaces between costulae shining, not shagreenate.

Paratypes. TL 2.1-2.2, HL 0.60-0.63, HW 0.41-0.43, CI 68-71, ML 0.28-0.29, MI 46-48, SL 0.37-0.38, SI 87-93, PW 0.24-0.26, AL 0.57-0.61 (4 measured).

Type Material

Holotype worker, Papua New Guinea: N. Dist., Popondetta, 6.ix.1972, P. M Room coll. sp. 422 (P. M. Room) (Australian National Insect Collection).

Paratypes. 4 workers with same data as holotype (ANIC, The Natural History Museum).

References

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 825, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
  • CSIRO Collection
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Sagata, K., A.L. Mack, D.D. Wright and P.J. Lester. 2010. The influence of nest avaiability on the abundance and diversity of twig-dwelling ants in a Papua New Guinea forest. Insectes Sociaux 57:333-341