Strumigenys formosimonticola

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
A member of the Strumigenys leptothrix-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  formosimonticola. Smithistruma formosimonticola Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996: 331, figs. 12-14, 16, 18, 21 (w.q.) TAIWAN. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 120. See also: Bolton, 2000: 433.

Description
Bolton (2000) - TL 2.0-3.0, HL 0.74-0.79, HW 0.48-0.55, CI 65-73, ML 0.12-0.13, MI 15-18, SL 0.35-0.46, SI 73, PW 0.30-0.37, AL 0.80-0.92 (measurements after Terayama, Lin, & Wu, 1996). Among the leptothrix-group members of this region formosimonticola has the following combination of characters.

1 Leading edge of scape without freely projecting hairs; all hairs on the leading edge small, decumbent to appressed and directed toward the apex of the scape.

2 With head in profile simple suberect to erect hairs are present on the dorsum between the highest point of the vertex and the occipital margin; such hairs are absent from clypeus to highest point of vertex.

3 With head in full-face view upper scrobe margin to level of eye without freely laterally projecting hairs; lateral margin of occipital lobe, behind level of eye, with about 4 freely laterally projecting straight simple hairs.

4 Dorsal surface of pronotum, as well as mesonotum, with erect long simple hairs present.

5 Dorsal (outer) surfaces of hind tibiae without freely projecting simple hairs; all hairs present are short, decumbent and directed apically.

6 Propodeal lobes (= metapleural lobes) low and rounded, lamellate, not produced into long acute triangular teeth or spines.

7 With petiole in profile the lateral spongiform lobe extends forwards almost to the level of the anterior face of the node.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker and paratype workers and queens, TAIWAN: Taitung Hsien, Yenping, 29.vii.1992 (C. -C. Lin); paratype workers, same locality but 29-30.vii.1992 (C. –C. Lin) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
 * Terayama M., C. C. Lin, and W. J. Wu. 1996. The Taiwanese species of the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Japanese Journal of Entomology 64: 327-339.
 * Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
 * Xu Z. H., and X. G. Zhou. 2004. Systematic study on the ant genus Pyramica Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 440-450.
 * Xu Z. and X.-G. Zhou. 2004. Systematic study on the ant genus Pyramica Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29(3): 440-450