Strumigenys tenuissima

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Strumigenys tenuissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. tenuissima
Binomial name
Strumigenys tenuissima
(Brown, 1953)

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys tenuissima.

Identification

A member of the Strumigenys baudueri-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.56° to 39.286667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France, Greece (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.

  • tenuissima. Smithistruma (Smithistruma) tenuissima Brown, 1953g: 133 (w.) GREECE. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 129. See also: Bolton, 2000: 296.

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, HL 0.55-0.58, HW 0.38-0.41, CI 69-71, ML 0.09, MI 15-16, SL 0.28-0.29, SI 71-74, PW 0.24-0.25, AL 0.58-0.60 (2 measured). Pilosity of clypeal dorsum in full-face view entirely of slender, more or less straight hairs that are fine, simple and cylindrical; apically the hairs may taper to a blunt point or be truncated. In profile these hairs are elevated and inclined anteriorly, but are not curved or arched forward in the apical halves of their lengths. Mediodorsally curved ground-pilosity between posterior margin of clypeus and highest point of vertex slender and simple, as are the principal curved hairs that project from the leading edge of the scape. See also notes under Strumigenys baudueri.

Type Material

Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, GREECE: Corfu (Beier) (Museum of Comparative Zoology) [examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
  • Bolton, B. "The ant tribe Dacetini 2." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65 (2000): 1-1028. Abstract
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. Am. Midl. Nat. 50: 1-137.