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Strumigenys emiliae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. emiliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys emiliae Forel, 1907
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Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys emiliae.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys schulzi-group. The dentition developed in emiliae is shared only with Strumigenys urrhobia and is usually quite easy to see even when the mandibles are fully closed. In particular the three stout basal teeth and plate-like fourth tooth are usually distinct. The fourth tooth tends to reflect light and be visible with usual forms of illumination. The two species are easily separated as urrhobia has a very conspicuous transverse row of erect hairs on the vertex that are obviously distinct from the ground-pilosity, and has an elongate more or less straigilt pronotal humeral hair.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.789° to -30.700556°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (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. |
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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.
- emiliae. Strumigenys emiliae Forel, 1907a: 11 (w.) PARAGUAY. Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325; in Smithistruma: Brown, 1953g: 104; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 119. Senior synonym of alegrensis: Brown, 1964a: 193. See also: Bolton, 2000: 219.
- alegrensis. Smithistruma (Smithistruma) alegrensis Brown, 1953g: 103, pl. 2, fig. 22 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of emiliae: Brown, 1964a: 193.
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 1.9-2.0, HL 0.50-0.52, HW 0.40-0.42, CI 76-81, ML 0.09-0.11, MI 18-22, SL 0.23-0.25, SI 60-62, PW 0.25-0.28, AL 0.47-0.54 (4 measured).
Dentition as described above. Anterior clypeal margin evenly shallowly convex. Scape slender, not strongly dorsoventrally flattened , the anterior margin not broadly arched; in dorsal view widest distal of the midlength but without much variation in width after the subbasal bend. Eye with 5 ommatidia in the longest row. Dorsum of head with conspicuous curved spoon-shaped ground-pilosity, without a transverse row of erect hairs behind the highest point of the vertex . Dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view fringed with anteriorly curved spoon-shaped hairs, without a distinctly differentiated apicoscrobal hair. Pronotal humerus without a strongly differentiated hair but with a curved spatulate hair that is somewhat larger and better developed than the pronotal ground-pilosity. Dorsum and sides of alitrunk uniformly finely reticulate-punctate. Ventral surface of petiole with a narrow cuticular carina but without a spongiform curtai n. Spongiform lobes present laterally on petiole node and postpetiole, and ventral lobes present on the latter; base of first gastral sternite in profile with a narrow spongiform pad. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long and feebly reticulate-punctate. Disc of postpetiole not punctate but not entirely smooth, the surface dully shining and with feeble granulate or striolate sculpture. Basigastral costulae short but sharply defined, the sclerite behind the costulae smooth and with numerous suberect elongate spatulate hairs that are inclined posteriorly.
Type Material
Holotype worker, PARAGUAY: Assuncion, 1904 (Vezenyi) (Hungarian Natural History Museum) [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 219, redescription of worker)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953f. The neotropical species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of smithii Forel. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 101-110 (page 104, Combination in Smithistruma (Smithistruma))
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1964b. The ant genus Smithistruma: a first supplement to the World revision (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 89: 183-200 (page 193, senior synonym of alegrensis)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 325, Combination in S. (Cephaloxys))
- Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 11, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. Am. Midl. Nat. 50: 1-137.
- Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
- Silva T. S. R., and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. Using controlled vocabularies in anatomical terminology: A case study with Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Structure and Development 52: 1-26.
- Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.