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Strumigenys pliocera
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. pliocera |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys pliocera Bolton, 2000
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Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys pliocera.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the caniophanes complex in the Strumigenys caniophanes-group. See notes under Strumigenys dipsas.
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.
- pliocera. Strumigenys pliocera Bolton, 2000: 764 (w.) BORNEO.
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 3.4, HL 0.89, HW 0.61, CI 69, ML 0.44, MI 49, SL 0.51, SI 84, PW 0.36, AL 0.90. Mandible with a triangular preapical tooth. Dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view with 3 freely laterally projecting fine hairs: one at level of eye, one just posterior to level of eye and one in apicoscrobal position. Cephalic dorsum with a row of 4-6 erect fine hairs along the occipital margin and with 1-2 shorter erect hairs on lateral margin of occipital lobe; without erect hairs at highest point of vertex. Dorsum of head predominantly reticulate-punctate, overlaid by very fine irregular rugulae. Apical funicular segment spindle-shaped and constricted basally. Promesonotal dorsum and side of pronotum sharply closely punctate; katepistemum mostly smooth. Metapleuron and side of propodeum punctate but glossy. Anterior coxae with weak transverse rugulae or costulae. Pronotal humeral hair long and fine, curved/sinuate but not flagellate. Pronotal dorsum with 2-3 pairs of erect fine hairs, mesonotum with 3-4 similar pairs. First gastral tergite with long fine curved filiform hairs. Dorsal surface of hind femur without standing hairs; ventral surface with a spaced row of suberect hairs that are directed ventrolaterally. Dorsal (outer) surfaces of hind tibia and basitarsus each with 1-2 long erect freely projecting hairs. Propodeal teeth short, triangular and acute. Petiole in profile claviform.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sabah, Kinabalu, 26.iv.1987, 1880 m., no. 4a (Burckhardt & Lobl) (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).
Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype (MHNG, The Natural History Museum).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 764, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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