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Strumigenys praecollata
| Strumigenys praecollata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. praecollata |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys praecollata Bolton, 2000 | |
The holotype was found on the ground in a rainforest.
Identification
A member of the Strumigenys decollata-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -4.416669846° to -4.416669846°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.
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.
- praecollata. Strumigenys praecollata Bolton, 2000: 772 (w.) NEW GUINEA.
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 4.7, HL 1.20, HW 0.76, CI 63, ML 0.62, MI 52, SL 0.66, SI 87, PW 0.46, AL 1.22. Spiniform distal preapical tooth located at about one-third the mandible length from the apicodorsal tooth, the small proximal preapical tooth located just proximal of the midlength; distal tooth less than 5 times longer than proximal tooth. Distance between apicodorsal tooth and distal preapical tooth slightly less than distance between distal and proximal preapical teeth. Anterior clypeal margin shallowly concave. Propodeal teeth very small, only slightly larger than proximal preapical tooth on mandible. With petiole in profile the node subclavate, without a differentiated anterior face; instead the peduncle joins the dorsum through a long shallow evenly convex curve. Petiole node in dorsal view thickening from front to back, much longer than broad. Head with a pair of erect hairs at highest point of vertex; with short spatulate ground-pilosity distinct. Dorsal surfaces of promesonotum and petiole with short spatulate ground-pilosity. Cephalic dorsum coarsely reticulate-punctate anteriorly; reticulate-punctate with superimposed reticulate rugulae posteriorly. Promesonotal dorsum coarsely punctate.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Papua New Guinea: New Britain, Bismarck Isl., Yalom, 1000 m., 22.v.1962, on the ground in rain forest; 40, sp. 13 (Noona Dan Expd.) (Australian National Insect Collection).
- Holotype, worker, Yalom, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Noona Dan Exp., ANIC32-017799, Australian National Insect Collection.
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 772, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- CSIRO Collection
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.