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Strumigenys paimon
| Strumigenys paimon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. paimon |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys paimon Bolton, 2000
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The type material was found in a rotten log in montane rainforest.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys frivaldszkyi-group. See notes under Strumigenys frivaldszkyi.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -9.02° to -9.02°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.
- paimon. Strumigenys paimon Bolton, 2000: 783 (w.) NEW GUINEA.
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 2.1, HL 0.54, HW 0.41, CI 76, ML 0.27, MI 50, SL 0.32, SI 78, PW 0.26, AL 0.58. Apicoscrobal hair present; upper scrobe margin without a similar hair at level of eye. Side of alitrunk with katepisternum entirely smooth, a smooth patch also present on metapleuron. Bullae of femoral glands inconspicuous and small, those on fore and hind femora of about equal size, slightly larger than those on middle femora. Basitarsus of hind leg with a single very long erect fine flagellate hair in the basal third of its dorsal (outer) surface; without a similar hair on dorsal (outer) surface of hind tibia. Propodeal teeth short and triangular. With petiole in profile height of anterior face of node less than length of dorsum of node, the two surfaces meeting through a broad even curve. Petiole node in dorsal view subglobular, only slightly broader than long. Basigastral costulae short, their length on the tergite distinctly greater than thickness of limbus but less than length of the postpetiole disc; the latter reticulate-punctate and may also have a few weak longitudinal costulae on the anterior half.
Paratypes. TL 2.1, HL 0.53-0.54, HW 0.39-0.40, CI 74-75, ML 0.26, MI 48-49, SL 0.30-0.32, SI 77-80, PW 0.24-0.26, AL 0.56 (2 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Papua New Guinea: Iora Creek, 17 km. 8 Kokoda, 4-6.viii.1976, 9.02°S, 147.44°E, 1400 m., #1806, ex rotten log, montane rainforest (P. S. Ward) (The Natural History Museum).
Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype (University of California, Davis).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 783, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.