Strumigenys spathula

Strumigenys spathula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Strumigenys
Species:	S. spathula
Binomial name
Strumigenys spathula Lattke & Goitía, 1997 Specimen labels

A wide ranging and fairly common Central American that inhabits wet-forests.

Identification

Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys elongata-group. Closest related to Strumigenys tachirensis within the group, but in that species the gastral hairs are not short and remiform.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Neotropical and Nearctic Strumigenys

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.5859972° to -16.256667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• spathula. Strumigenys spathula Lattke & Goitía, 1997: 390, figs. 29, 40, 46 (w.q.) VENEZUELA. See also: Bolton, 2000: 511.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Bolton (2000) - TL 2.2-2.7, HL 0.62-0.67, HW 0.45-0.50, CI 73-78, ML 0.35-0.40, MI 55-61, SL 0.41-0.48, SI 84-94, PW 0.28-0.33, AL 0.58-0.70 (8 measured). As Strumigenys elongata but differing as follows.

1 Standing hairs on first gastral tergite short stout and strongly remiform, curved posteriorly.

2 Erect hairs on mesonotum long-remiform.

3 Metapleuron entirely reticulate-punctate.

Type Material

Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, VENEZUELA: Edo. Barinas, Res. For. Ticoporo, 17 km. SW Ciudad Bolivia, 8°04'N, 70°48'W, 240 m., 26.viii.1987, #1861-S (J. Longino); paratype workers, VENEZUELA: Edo. Carabobo, cerca Patanemo, 10°25'N, 67°34'W, 150 m., 25.vii.1987 (J. Lattke); Edo. Miranda, Rio Salmeron con Quebrada el Bagre, 24.ii.1980 (J. Lattke) (Instituto de Zoologia Agricola, The Natural History Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History) [examined].

References

• Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028.
• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Lattke, J.; Goitía, W. 1997. El género Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Venezuela. Caldasia 19: 367-396 (page 390, figs. 29, 40, 46 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Achury R., and A.V. Suarez. 2017. Richness and composition of ground-dwelling ants in tropical rainforest and surrounding landscapes in the Colombian Inter-Andean valley. Neotropical Entomology https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0565-4
• Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
• Branstetter M. G. and L. Sáenz. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano E. B. and J. C. Schuster. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp
• Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
• Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
• Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
• Medeiros Macedo L. P., E. B. Filho, amd J. H. C. Delabie. 2011. Epigean ant communities in Atlantic Forest remnants of São Paulo: a comparative study using the guild concept. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(1): 75–78.
• Santos P. P., A. Vasconcelos, B. Jahyny, and J. H. C. Delabie. 2010. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) associated to arboreal nests of Nasutitermes spp. (Isoptera, Termitidae) in a cacao plantation in southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 54(3): 450–-454.