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Strumigenys tantilla
| Strumigenys tantilla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. tantilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys tantilla Bolton, 2000
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Known from its type collection, no biological information is known about this species.
Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the lyroessa complex in the Strumigenys lyroessa-group. Three species within the lyroessa-complex lack a pronotal humeral hair and lack standing hairs on the dorsolateral margins of the mesonotum (Strumigenys aechme, Strumigenys lyroessa, Strumigenys tantilla). Characters separating them are mentioned under the first two named.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (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.
- tantilla. Strumigenys tantilla Bolton, 2000: 876, figs. 463, 484, 507 (w.q.) WEST MALAYSIA.
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 2.7, HL 0.77, HW 0.61, CI 79, ML 0.23, MI 30, SL 0.31, SI 51, PW 0.37, AL 0.74. Characters of lyroessa-complex. Upper scrobe margin and leading edge of scape with similar-sized small curved spoon-shaped hairs. Apicoscrobal hair short and stiff, inconspicuous, broadening apically; posterior to this the dorsolateral margin without projecting hairs. Cephalic dorsum without standing hairs except for one or two very short hairs at apex of occipital lobe. Pronotal humeral hair absent; dorsal alitrunk entirely lacking standing hairs. First gastral tergite with stiff standing hairs that are conspicuously spatulate, especially on the posterior half. Surface of first gastral tergite otherwise with inconspicuous, widely scattered minute appressed pubescence that is very narrowly spatulate. Propodeal declivity with lamella immediately below the tooth less than half the lamella’s maximum width.
Paratypes. TL 2.5-2.7, HL 0.73-0.78, HW 0.56-0.61, CI 76-79, ML 0.21-0.23, MI 27-30, SL 0.29-0.31, SI 49-52, PW 0.33-0.37, AL 0.68-0.75 (5 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Trengganu, Gn. Lawit, 1974 (T. Clay) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes. 19 workers and 1 queen with same data as holotype (BMNH, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).
References
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 876, figs. 463, 484, 507 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 1-1028.