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Strumigenys tathula
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. tathula |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys tathula (Bolton, 2000)
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The few collections of this species have been from grassland habitat, with one noted as being taken from in a pitfall trap.
Identification
A member of the Strumigenys mutica-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.76805556° to -20.775°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102260. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0005461. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0102261. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
    
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0006070. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Male
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| Paratype of Strumigenys tathula. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0005460. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0006071. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tathula. Pyramica tathula Bolton, 2000: 352 (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 129
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 1.8, HL 0.46, HW 0.37, CI 80, ML 0.14, MI 30, SL 0.28, SI 76, PW 0.27, AL 0.48. Answering to the description of Strumigenys erynnes but differing as follows.
1 Propodeum armed with a pair of triangular teeth, each subtended by a narrow lamella down the declivity.
2 First gastral tergite with about a dozen suberect short remiform hairs, arranged in rows over the whole sclerite (rather than being restricted to an apical pair and a basal pair).
3 Averaging smaller than erynnes and with somewhat shorter scapes (compare measurements).
Paratypes. TL 1.8-2.0, HL 0.44-0.52, HW 0.37- 0.41, CI 79-84, ML 0.13-0.15, MI 26-30, SL 0.28-0.32, SI 76-80, PW 0.26-0.60, AL 0.47-0.54 (4 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Madagascar: Prov. Fianarantsoa, 28 km. SSW Ambositra, Ankazomivady, 1670 m., 11.i.1998, 20 °46.5'S, 47°10.1'E, #1620(31)-1, sifted litter, grassland (B.L. Fisher) (The Natural History Museum).
Paratypes. 1 worker with same data as holotype; 1 worker, 1 queen and 1 male with same data but #1620(37)-7; 2 workers and 2 queens with same data but #1620(17)-9 (BMNH, Museum of Comparative Zoology, in coll. Fisher (where there are also some specimens in alcohol)).
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M.L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”. 99:1-191.
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028. (page 352, worker described)