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Strumigenys vertigosa
| Strumigenys vertigosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. vertigosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys vertigosa Bolton, 2000
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Known only from the holotype worker, collected from a lowland rainforest litter-sample.
Identification
Bolton (2000) – A member of the koningsbergeri complex in the Strumigenys koningsbergeri-group. See Strumigenys koningsbergeri.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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.
- vertigosa. Strumigenys vertigosa Bolton, 2000: 855 (w.) BORNEO.
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 2.6, HL 0.75, HW 0.62, CI 83, ML 0.34, MI 45, SL 0.40, SI 65, PW 0.32, AL 0.70. With characters of koningsbergeri-complex. Preocular concavity forms a shallow depression on ventral surface of head. Upper scrobe margins not constricted above eye, only extreme outer arc of eye visible in full-face view, or eye not visible. Depression across posterior vertex of head shallow, weakly developed. Pronotum without a pair of short standing hairs close to anterodorsal margin. Pronotal humeral hair stiff, straight and simple. A single erect pair of hairs on mesonotum. Katepisternum mostly smooth but metapleuron and side of propodeum uniformly reticulate-punctate. Bullae of fem oral glands absent on middle and hind legs. Lamella on propodeal declivity conspicuous. Standing hairs on first gastral tergite simple or slightly expanded and flattened toward the apex.
Paratypes. TL 2.5-2.6, HL 0.71-0.76, HW 0.58-0.62, CI 82-83, ML 0.32-0.34, MI 43-46, SL 0.40-0.41, SI 65-69, PW 0.30-0.32, AL 0.70 (4 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sarawak, 4th Div., G. Mulu Nat. Pk, RGS Expd., Long Pala, 14.x.1977, lowl. rainforest, leaf litter (B. Bolton) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes. 4 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH, Museum of Comparative Zoology).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 855, worker described)
- Tang, K. L., Guénard, B. 2023. Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 907, 1–144 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58