Strumigenys dantalion
Strumigenys dantalion | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Strumigenys |
Species: | S. dantalion |
Binomial name | |
Strumigenys dantalion Bolton, 2000 |
A few of the type specimens were collected from lowland forest.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys yaleopleura-group. Easily distinguished from the other two species in the group as both Strumigenys furfara and Strumigenys yaleopleura have 3 flagellate hairs on the dorsolateral margin of the head and an extra pair of flagellate hairs on the pronotum, located dorsally between the humeral pair and the mesonotal pair.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.633333° to -3.633333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.
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. |
Biology
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dantalion. Strumigenys dantalion Bolton, 2000: 913 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
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 1.8, HL 0.50, HW 0.40, CI 80, ML 0.15, MI 30, SL 0.22, SI 55, PW 0.24, AL 0.53. Dorsolateral margin of head with a single freely laterally projecting flagellate hair, the apicoscrobal. Pronotal dorsum without standing hairs except for the humeral pair. Katepisternum, metapleuron and side of propodeum smooth or at most with punctation around the periphery. Basitarsus of hind leg with two flagellate hairs on its dorsal (outer) surface; dorsal (outer) surface of hind tibia without flagellate hairs. Propodeal declivity with an indistinct narrow lamella, its posterior (free) margin concave. Disc of postpetiole mostly smooth but there are usually a few fine longitudinal costulae anteriorly.
Paratypes. TL 1.7-1.8, HL 0.46-0.50, HW 0.36-0.40, CI 77-80, ML 0.14-0.16, MI 30-33, SL 0.21-0.22, SI 55-59, PW 0.22-0.24, AL 0.48-0.54 (5 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Danau Mooat, 1200 m., nr Kotamobagu, l3.ix.1985 (no collector's name) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes. 1 worker with same data as holotype; 1 worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P., 12.ix.1985, 664 m., ‘Edwards’ camp, lowland forest (no collector’s name); 3 workers, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P., ii.1985, lowland forest, 200-400 m., 2m2 sample of litter, BB 12 (P. M. Hammond); 2 workers with same data as last but BB 13 (BMNH, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 913, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Asfiya W., L. Lach, J. D. Majer, B. Heterick, and R. K. Didham. 2015. Intensive agroforestry practices negatively affect ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity and composition in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Asian Myrmecology 7: 87-104.