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Strumigenys acubecca
| Strumigenys acubecca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. acubecca |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys acubecca (Brown, 1972)
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The type specimen was collected in a leaf litter berlesate sample from second growth rain forest.
Identification
The only member of the Strumigenys acubecca-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (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.
- acubecca. Asketogenys acubecca Brown, 1972: 23, figs. 1, 2 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 110. See also: Bolton, 2000: 387.
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 0.65-0.66 (discounting clypeal tooth), HW 0.40, CI 61, ML 0.18-0.19, MI 27-30, SL 0.45-0.48, SI 113-120, PW 0.28, AL 0.71-0.72 (2 measured). The single species is immediately diagnosed by the characters given above.
Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, MALAYSIA: Perak, Trolac Forest Reserve, 6.viii.1967, leaf litter berlesate from second growth rain forest (R. H. Crozier) (Museum of Comparative Zoology) [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). Journal of Natural History. 33:1639-1689. (page 1672, combination in Pyramica)
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 387, fig. 246 redescription of worker)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1972b. Asketogenys acubecca, a new genus and species of dacetine ants from Malaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche. 79:23-26. (page 23, figs. 1, 2 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1972. Asketogenys acubecca, a new genus and species of dacetine ants from Malaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 79: 23-26.