Strumigenys margaritae

Distribution
This species has been introduced into Florida. It is a rare species known from a few sites in north Florida: Marion, Leon, Okaloosa and Escambia counties. Pest status: none. First published Florida record: Deyrup et al. 1989; earlier specimen: 1983. (Deyrup, Davis & Cover, 2000.)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States. Neotropical Region: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greater Antilles, Guatemala, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.



Biology
Despite having been described from the Antilles (Forel, 1893) and having a nearly continuous distribution from northern South America through the US Gulf Coast and the Caribbean region, S. margaritae has been considered to be of Neotropical origin.

Nomenclature

 *  margaritae. Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893g: 378 (w.q.m.) ANTILLES. Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325; in S. (Trichoscapa): Smith, M.R., 1947f: 587; in Smithistruma: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 827; Brown, 1953g: 108; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. See also: Bolton, 2000: 221.