Strumigenys mandibularis

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Strumigenys mandibularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. mandibularis
Binomial name
Strumigenys mandibularis
Smith, F., 1860

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Collected only a few times, little is know about the biology of Strumigenys mandibularis.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the mandibularis complex in the Strumigenys mandibularis-group. Only Strumigenys godmani approaches the size of mandibularis within the mandibularis-complex. The two are easily separated as the former lacks gastral sculpture and has the postpetiole disc markedly longer than broad.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.459° to -26.680185°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
Oriental Region: Nepal.

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.

  • mandibularis. Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, F. 1860c: 72, pl. 4, figs. 6, 8, 10 (q., not w.; see Mayr, 1887: 574) BRAZIL. Senior synonym of batesi: Brown, 1953d: 53. See also: Donisthorpe, 1948h: 78; Bolton, 2000: 535.
  • batesi. Strumigenys batesi Forel, 1911e: 264 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of mandibularis: Brown, 1953d: 53.

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) - HL 1.22, HW 1.23, CI 101, SL 0.67, SI 54, PW 0.64, AL 1.30 (measurements of a single damaged worker with mandibles missing; MI ca 40 by approximation from a queen). Characters of mandibularis-complex. Very large, broad headed species (see measurements). Pronotal dorsum more or less flat, bluntly marginate dorsolaterally. Mesonotum anterolaterally raised into a pair of broad, bluntly triangular prominences, the dorsum shallowly concave between them and almost vertical behind them. All dorsal surfaces of head, alitrunk and waist segments sharply densely reticulate-punctate. First gastral tergite blanketed with very fine dense longitudinal striolate sculpture. First gastral sternite with similar but less strongly defined sculpture. Disc of postpetiole about 1.24 X broader than long (maximum length 0.34, maximum width 0.42).

Type Material

Bolton (2000) - Lectotype queen (designated by Brown, 1962b: 2 8) [workers excluded from type-series by Mayr, 1887: 574), BRAZIL: Sao Paulo (The Natural History Museum) [examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
  • Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov, N., and R. Golbach. "Lista de las especies argentinas de la tribu Dacetini Hymenoptera, Formicidae." Acta Zoologica Lilloana 10 (1952): 423-426.