Strumigenys sublucida
Strumigenys sublucida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Strumigenys |
Species: | S. sublucida |
Binomial name | |
Strumigenys sublucida (Brown, 1953) |
Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys sublucida.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys alberti-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.75444444° to -30.033°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sublucida. Smithistruma (Smithistruma) sublucida Brown, 1953g: 99 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 128. See also: Bolton, 2000: 158.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
TL 2.1-2.4, HL 0.57-0.59, HW 0.36-0.38, CI 64-66, ML 0.09-0.10, MI 16-17, SL 0.30, SI 79-80, PW 0.24-0.26, AL 0.55-0.60 (2 measured). Mandible with a basal series of 5 narrow acutely triangular teeth that immediately follow the basal lamella, the latter partially exposed in full-face view even when the mandibles are fully closed. Distal of these are two smaller but similarly shaped teeth. There is no long secondary lamella on the masticatory margin, nor is there alternation of high acute with low rounded teeth. Anterior clypeal margin broadly and evenly rounded. Eye with 6 ommatidia in the longest row. Apicoscrobal hair short and stout, shallowly curved anteriorly and somewhat thickened apically, contrasting strongly with the pronotal humeral hair, which is extremely long fine and flagellate. Dorsal alitrunk smooth and shining, with only the faintest traces of superficial shagreening. Sides of pronotum smooth. Promesonotum without a median longitudinal carina. Propodeal spines long and narrowly acutely triangular; lamella of propodeal declivity reduced to a very narrow carina. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long , entirely smooth or at most with extremely faint sculptural vestiges, the sides bordered with spongiform tissue from anterolateral to posterolateral angles.
Type Material
Holotype worker and paratype workers, BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 1.viii.1926 (Buck) (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Museum of Comparative Zoology) (examined).
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. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 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 158, redescription of worker)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953g. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. Am. Midl. Nat. 50: 1-137 (page 99, worker described)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 231, catalogue)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Santos P. P., A. Vasconcelos, B. Jahyny, and J. H. C. Delabie. 2010. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) associated to arboreal nests of Nasutitermes spp. (Isoptera, Termitidae) in a cacao plantation in southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 54(3): 450-454.