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Strumigenys panopla
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. panopla |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys panopla Bolton, 2000
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Nothing is known about the bionomics of S. panopla. Musfira et al. (2022) collected it using Winkler extraction from the leaf litter layer of disturbed forest along the hiking trail on the Tandikek Mountain, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the prosopis complex in the Strumigenys lyroessa-group. Within the prosopis-complex four species lack a pronotal humeral hair, have relatively short scapes, have extremely reduced gastral pilosity and show a gradual reduction in sculpture on the head and dorsal alitrunk: Strumigenys loricata, panopla, Strumigenys prosopis and Strumigenys strenosa. In panopla the cephalic dorsum and promesonotum retain reticulate-punctate sculpture (only slightly less strongly developed on the promesonotum than on the head) and the first gastral tergite has a basal and an apical pair of hairs. In loricata the cephalic dorsum is finely reticulate-punctate but on the promesonotum sculpture is reduced to small, separated punctures and is largely effaced; the first gastral tergite entirely lacks standing hairs. In prosopis the cephalic dorsum is finely reticulate punctate but the promesonotum is smooth and the first gastral tergite has only a basal pair of standing hairs. Finally, in strenosa the cephalic dorsum is almost entirely smooth and the promesonotum is smooth; the first gastral tergite retains a basal pair of standing hairs.
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.
- panopla. Strumigenys panopla Bolton, 2000: 874 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
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 0.48, HW 0.39, CI 81, ML 0.16, MI 33, SL 0.22, SI 56, PW 0.23, AL 0.50. Characters of prosopis-complex. Dorsolateral margin of head with narrowly spoon-shaped curved hairs on upper scrobe margin to level of apex of scrobe; these hairs similar in shape and size to those on leading edge of scape. Posterior to this are shorter, narrower hairs that are more strongly appressed; there is no apicoscrobal hair. Cephalic dorsum with a single standing hair at apex of each occipital lobe, otherwise standing hairs absent. Pronotal humeral hair absent. Dorsum of promesonotum and waist segments without standing hairs. Propodeal declivity with a broad lamella whose posterior margin is confluent with the apex of the propodeal tooth. First gastral tergite with two pairs of erect stiff hairs, one pair near base, the other near apex. Cephalic dorsum finely densely reticulate-punctate, the promesonotum more weakly so. Dorsum of propodeum and petiole node unsculptured.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Pahang, Genting Highlands, Awana, 950 m., 4.iv.1993, #28 (Lobi & Calame) (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 874, worker described)
- Musfira, S.H., Rafi, M., Gusti, M., Putri, D.H., Satria, R. 2022. New data on the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica 31(1): 74–86 (doi:10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.74).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 1-1028.