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Strumigenys wilsoniana
| Strumigenys wilsoniana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys |
| Species: | S. wilsoniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Strumigenys wilsoniana Baroni Urbani, 2007 | |
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Nothing is known about the biology of Strumigenys wilsoniana.
Identification
The only member of the Strumigenys wilsoniana-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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.
- wilsoni. Pyramica wilsoni Wang, in Bolton, 2000: 469, figs. 277, 298 (w.) CHINA. [Junior secondary homonym of wilsoni Brown.] Replacement name: wilsoniana Baroni Urbani, 2007: 130.
- wilsoniana. Strumigenys wilsoniana Baroni Urbani, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 130. Replacement name for Pyramica wilsoni Wang, in Bolton, 2000: 469. [Junior secondary homonym of Strumigenys wilsoni Brown, 1969b: 28.]
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) - Holotype. The single species is adequately characterised by the species-group features. S. wilsoni is a moderately sized species (HL 0.80-0.82, HW 0.62-0.63, SL 0.38-0.39, ML 0.28-0.29) with CI 77-78. MI ca 35, markedly greater here than in any known member of the leptothrix-group (where MI is < 20) but the scapes are relatively short (SI 61-62), as is normal in the leptothrix-group. The eye has 5 ommatidia in the longest row and the cuticle within the scrobe is densely reticulate-punctate. Clypeal dorsum smooth and shining; head behind clypeus finely reticulate-punctate, though in both places most of the surface is concealed by the dense rows of appressed spatulate hairs. Sides of alitrunk smooth and shining, with vestiges of sculpture around the margins. Dorsolateral margins of pronotum with a longitudinal row of appressed spatulate hairs; those on the pronotal dorsum directed toward the midline.
Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, China: Zhejiang Prov., Linan Co., Tianmu Mts, 10.vi.1992 (M. –S. Wang) (Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica (Chinese Academy of Sciences)). Paratype. 1 worker with same data as holotype (Museum of Comparative Zoology).
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.
- 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, M.-S. 2000a. P. 469-470 in: Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65, part 1 and 2: 1-1028 (page 469-470, figs. 277, 298 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65