Strumigenys mionova

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

The type material was collected from leaf litter Berlesate from a rainforest.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the smythiesii complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. The postpetiole disc is somewhat deformed in the holotype, short and compressed from front to back. In consequence the lateral spongiform lobes of this segment are also short. Both disc and lobes are of normal size in the non-paratypic worker, the disc is mostly smooth, with weak sculpture on its anterior margin.

S. mionova is currently the only member of the smythiesii-complex that has been recorded from New Caledonia. The distribution of its flagellate pilosity distinguishes it from all other species of that island.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.23° to -21.23°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: New Caledonia (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.

Castes

Queens and males are unknown.

Nomenclature

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

• mionova. Strumigenys mionova Bolton, 2000: 966, figs. 522, 545 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA.

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 2.4, HL 0.61, HW 0.42, CI 69, ML 0.27, MI 44, SL 0.36, SI 86, PW 0.28, AL 0.64. With characters of smythiesii-complex. Apicoscrobal hair flagellate; upper scrobe margin also with a laterally projecting flagellate hair anterior to this, at level of posterior margin of eye. Cephalic dorsum finely reticulate-punctate and with slender ground-pilosity. Cephalic dorsum close to midline near occipital margin with a pair of long erect flagellate hairs that are curved anteriorly. A second pair of shorter erect flagellate hairs also present, located at about highest point of vertex; these hairs also curved anteriorly. Eye with 12-14 ommatidia in total. Pronotal humeral hair flagellate; pronotal dorsum also with a pair of erect flagellate hairs and a single similar pair on mesonotum. Dorsal alitrunk finely and densely reticulate-punctate everywhere. Propodeal declivity with posterior (free) margin of lamella straight to shallowly concave above, shallowly convex below. Katepisternum with a large smooth patch; metapleuron and side of propodeum together with a small smooth patch anteromedially, the surface reticulate-punctate above, below and behind the smooth patch. Anteromedian portion of postpetiole disc smooth, the remainder finely reticulate. First gastral tergite with numerous long slender flagellate hairs.

Dimensions of non-paratypic worker. HL 0.66, HW 0.47, CI 71, ML 0.30, MI 45, SL 0.38, SI 81.

Type Material

Holotype worker, New Caledonia: 2 km. SE Bogui, 5.v.1980, 21.23 S, 165.26 E, 170 m., ex leaf litter, Berlesate, rainforest, #4246-6 (P.S. Ward) (The Natural History Museum).

References

• Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 966, figs. 522, 545 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
• Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.