Strumigenys margaritae

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 it’s being described from the Antilles (Forel, 1893) and its 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.

Additional 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.