Strumigenys izepara

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the signeae complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. See notes under Strumigenys signeae.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  izepara. Strumigenys izepara Bolton, 2000: 823 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.0, HL 0.53, HW 0.42, CI 79, ML 0.25, MI 47, SL 0.28, SI 67, PW 0.24, AL 0.55. Characters of signeae-complex. Apicoscrobal hair fine and simple; a second similar hair present anterior to it on upper scrobe margin, just posterior to level of eye. Cephalic dorsum with a transverse row of 4-6 short erect simple hairs at occipital margin and with several pairs or short transverse rows of similar standing hairs anterior to this, around highest point of vertex. Pronotal humeral hair stiff and simple, pronotal dorsum also with a pair of erect simple hairs anteriorly. Mesonotum with a single pair of erect simple hairs. Dorsum of pronotum and anterior mesonotum unsculptured except for periphery which is shagreenate to superficially punctulate. Posterior mesonotum and propodeal dorsum evenly but superficially punctate. Side of alitrunk entirely smooth. Propodeal teeth acute, subtended by a narrow lamella; posterior (free) margin of lamella concave and approximately paralleling the margin of the declivity. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long, weakly superficially punctate. In profile lateral spongiform lobe of petiole small, confined to posterior portion of node. Disc of postpetiole unsculptured. First gastral tergite with standing hairs stiff, fine and simple. Basigastral costulae shorter than disc of postpetiole.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Pahang, Fraser's Hill, 1350 m., below Kuantun ridge, 17.iii.1993, #9 (Lobl & Calame).