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Strumigenys sublaminata
| Strumigenys sublaminata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. sublaminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys sublaminata Brown, 1959
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Known from a few litter-samples and a rotten wood collection in rainforest and wet forest habiats. Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the signeae complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. A widely distributed but apparently uncommon species. All the examined collections consist of only one or two individuals. See notes under Strumigenys signeae.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4.199° to 4.199°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.
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.
- sublaminata. Strumigenys sublaminata Brown, 1959g: 84 (w.q.) BORNEO. See also: Bolton, 2000: 828.
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 2.0-2.4, HL 0.54-0.70, HW 0.42-0.52, CI 73-79, ML 0.21-0.26, MI 35-39, SL 0.26-0.34, SI 62-69, PW 0.26-0.30, AL 0.56-0.68 (8 measured).
Characters of signeae-complex. Apicoscrobal hair short and stiff, remiform to weakly clavate; margin anterior to this hair (upper scrobe margin) with a series of anteriorly curved small spoon-shaped hairs; margin posterior to apicoscrobal hair without projecting hairs. Cephalic dorsum with a transverse row of 4-6 erect hairs at occipital margin; without standing hairs anterior to this. Pronotal humeral hair spatulate to weakly remiform, pronotum otherwise without standing hairs. Mesonotum with an anteriorly situated pair of erect spatulate to weakly remiform hairs; often with 1-2 other, much shorter pairs posterior to this. Entire dorsal alitrunk densely reticulate-punctate. Side of alitrunk with pleurae and propodeum mostly to entirely smooth. Petiole node in dorsal view reticulate-punctate. In profile lateral spongiform lobe of petiole small, confined to posterior portion of node. Disc of postpetiole unsculptured, smooth. First gastral tergite with spatulate to remiform standing hairs. Basigastral costulae very short.
Queen
Brown (1959) - The dealate female paratype, taken with the holotype, has a very high-bulking thorax; mesonotum densely and finely punctulate, without rugulation or median furrow, but with about 23 erect spatulate hairs. Petiolar node broader than long; otherwise, only the usual caste differences from the worker. TL 2.8, HL 0.65, ML 0.24, WL 0.72 mm.; C 77, MI 37.
Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, paratype workers and queen, MALAYSIA: Sarawak, Gn. Penrissen, 4000 ft (E. Mjoberg) (Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Museum of Natural History) [examined].
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 828, redescription of worker)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1959g [1958]. The Indo-Australian species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of S. godeffroyi in Borneo. Psyche. 65:81-89. (page 84, worker, queen described)
- Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).
- Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).
- Tang, K. L., Guénard, B. 2023. Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 907, 1–144 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327).
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1959. The Indo-Australian species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of S. godeffroyi in Borneo. Psyche (Camb.) 65: 81-89.
- Eguchi K., and S. Yamane. 2003. Species diversity of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a lowland rainforest, northwestern Borneo. New Entomol. 52(1,2): 49-59.
- Hashimoto Y., and M. Mohamed. 2004. A preliminary survey of ant fauna at Crocker Range Park. In: Maryati Mohamed, Zulhazman Hamzah, T. Tachi & J. Nais (eds.). Crocker Range scientific expedition 2002. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, pp. 51-71.
- Malsch A. K. F., K. Rosciszewski, and U. Maschwitz. 2003. The ant species richness and diversity of a primary lowland rain forest, the Pasoh Forest reserve, West Malaysia. in T. Okuda, N. Manokaran, Y. Matsumoto, K. Niiyama, S. C. Thomas, and P. S. Ashton, eds. Pasoh: Ecology and Natural History of a Southeast Asin Lowland Tropical Rain Forest, pp 347-374.
- 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