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Strumigenys semicrypta
| Strumigenys semicrypta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. semicrypta |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000
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Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys semicrypta.
Identification
A member of the havilandi complex in the Strumigenys arnoldi-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Uganda (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.
- semicrypta. Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000: 596 (w.) UGANDA.
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 2.4, HL 0.62, HW 0.44, CI 71, ML 0.36, MI 58, SL 0.38, SI 86, PW 0.26, AL 0.60. Characters of havilandi-complex. Mandible broadest near midlength, distinctly narrowing toward apex but width not markedly diminishing from midlength to base. In profile mandible shallowly but distinctly arched. Mandible with both preapical teeth spiniform, the distal slightly longer than the proximal. Scape broadest at about the midlength, narrowing both proximally and distally. Cephalic ground-pilosity, the hairs bordering the upper scrobe margin, and the hairs on the leading edge of the scape, all large and broadly spoon-shaped. Middle and hind femora and tibiae densely clothed with appressed broadly spatulate hairs. Postpetiole small, not swollen nor inflated. Hairs on first gastral tergite stout, their apices much broadened and flattened so that in profile they appear broadly clavate.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Uganda: Maracha, v.1976, Sped. Ace. Lincei (no collector's name) (The Natural History Museum).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 596, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65