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Strumigenys murphyi
| Strumigenys murphyi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. murphyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys murphyi (Taylor, 1968) | |
This distinctive species is known only from the type material. It was collected from the litter in a wet bamboo habitat.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys murphyi-group. The largest member of the group yet described (HW 0.45-0.53), it is most closely related to Strumigenys dyschima. These two Malesian species retain small eyes and have orbicular hairs present on the head, whereas the Nepalese Strumigenys hemisobek lacks both these features. The characters noted in the key and tabulated under dyschima will quickly separate murphyi from that species.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.016670227° to 3.233333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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.
- murphyi. Epitritus murphyi Taylor, 1968d: 130, figs. 1, 2 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 124. See also: Bolton, 2000: 453.
Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, MALAYSIA: Kelantan, Rantau Panjang, 9.xi.1963, berlesate no. 126, wet bamboo litter and “main plains” soil (D. H. Murphy); paratype worker, MALAYSIA: Selangor, Gombak, nr University of Malaya Field Station, 9th mile, 9.ii.1967, berlesate no. 322, thin forest litter on steep slope with underlying granular soil (D. H. Murphy) (Australian National Insect Collection) [examined].
- Epitritus murphyi Taylor, 1968: Holotype, worker, Kelantan, Rantau Panjang, Malaysia, Murphy,D.H., ANIC32-002198, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
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). J. Nat. Hist. 3 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 453, redescription of worker)
- 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).
- Taylor, R. W. 1968e. A new Malayan species of the ant genus Epitritus, and a related new genus from Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 7: 130-134 (page 130, figs. 1, 2 worker described)