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Strumigenys nothomopyx
| Strumigenys nothomopyx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. nothomopyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys nothomopyx Bolton, 2000
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The type was collected in a pitfall trap.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the cygarix complex in the Strumigenys caniophanes-group. See notes under Strumigenys mododonta.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 18.8° to 4.95°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar, Thailand (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.
- nothomopyx. Strumigenys nothomopyx Bolton, 2000: 763 (w.) THAILAND.
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 0.37, MI 49, SL 0.39, SI 63, PW 0.33, AL 0.70. Mandible with preapical dentition reduced to a mere denticle. Dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view with 3 freely laterally projecting fine stiff hairs: one just behind level of eye, one in apicoscrobal position, one just posterior to this; dorsal surface of dorsolateral margin of occipital lobe also has 1-2 shorter hairs that are directed more dorsally than laterally. Cephalic dorsum with a sparse transverse row of erect hairs along occipital margin and with at least one other pair anterior to this. Dorsum of head sharply and densely reticulate-punctate to reticulate-granulate, with only faint scattered vestiges of rugular sculpture. Occipital lobes large and in full-face view more strongly flared laterally than is usual in this group. Apical funicular segment distinctly constricted basally. Entire dorsal alitrunk and side of pronotum sharply densely punctate. Pleurae and side of propodeum densely evenly reticulate-punctate. Anterior coxae more or less smooth. Pronotal humeral hair long, filiform and straight to shallowly curved. Dorsal alitrunk with numerous erect stiff hairs, 3-4 pairs on pronotum and 4 pairs on mesonotum. First gastral tergite with numerous filiform shallowly curved hairs. Dorsal surface of hind femur without standing hairs; dorsal (outer) surfaces of hind tibia and basitarsus each with a few long erect freely projecting hairs. Petiole node in profile bluntly subconical, with a well defined steep anterior face. Basigastral costulae feebly developed and short, no longer than disc of postpetiole.
Paratype. TL 2.5, HL 0.73, HW 0.60, CI 82, ML 0.35, MI 48, SL 0.38, SI 63, P W 0.32, AL 0.72.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Thailand: Chiangmai Prov., Monthatam Falls, Doi Suthep Nat. Park, 18.8°N, 96.9°E, 635 m., i-ii.1998, #10, ex pitfall trap (S. Sonthichai) (Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History).
Paratype. 1 worker with same data as holotype (The Natural History Museum).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 763, worker described)
- Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).
- 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
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- Pfeiffer M., and D. Mezger. 2012. Biodiversity Assessment in Incomplete Inventories: Leaf Litter Ant Communities in Several Types of Bornean Rain Forest. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40729. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040792