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Strumigenys mjoebergi
| Strumigenys mjoebergi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. mjoebergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys mjoebergi Brown, 1959
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A lowland rainforest collection was found in a rotten hole of a tree trunk.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the mjoebergi complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. See notes under Strumigenys nesteryx.
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.
- mjoebergi. Strumigenys mjoebergi Brown, 1959g: 83 (w.q.) BORNEO. See also: Bolton, 2000: 802.
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) - Holotype. TL 2.3-2.6, HL 0.66-0.72, HW 0.45-0.49, CI 66-70, ML 0.28-0.30, MI 40-43, SL 0.38-0.40, SI 78-84, PW 0.25-0.29, AL 0.68-0.72 (10 measured).
Characters of mjoebergi-complex. Just proximal of the preapical tooth the lower border of the inner margin of the mandible projects farther toward the midline than does the upper border; in full-face view the lower border is therefore visible, projecting as a narrow convex arc beyond the line of the upper border. Apicoscrobal hair short, usually with 1-2 similar but even shorter projecting hairs posterior to it on dorsolateral margin. With head in full-face view the ventrolateral margin just visible behind the level of the eye. Cephalic dorsum with 4-6 stiffly erect short hairs close to the occipital margin, head without other standing hairs. Pronotal humeral hair simple. Pronotal dorsum and mesonotal dorsum each with a single pair of short erect hairs. Side of alitrunk entirely reticulate-punctate. Lateral spongiform lobe of petiole small, in profile restricted to posterior margin of node. Disc of postpetiole finely reticulate-punctate and with fine longitudinal costulae. Basigastral costulae as long as or somewhat longer than disc of postpetiole but not extending half the length of the tergite. First gastral tergite with stiff straight short hairs, weakly remiform and suberect to erect; second tergite with pilosity as first, without flagellate hairs.
Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, paratype workers and queen, MALAYSIA: Sabah ("North Borneo"), Nata Ragong (E. Mjoeberg) (Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Museum of Natural History) [examined].
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 398, catalogue)
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 802, figs. 440, 494 redescription of worker)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1959g [1958]. The Indo-Australian species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of S. godeffroyi in Borneo. Psyche. 65:81-89. (page 83, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1959. The Indo-Australian species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of S. godeffroyi in Borneo. Psyche (Camb.) 65: 81-89.
- 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