Ectomomyrmex striolatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  striolatus. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) striolata Donisthorpe, 1933b: 194 (w.) INDIA. [Misspelled as Ectomyrmex in original description.] Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 194.

Description
Worker

Donisthorpe (1933): Black, mandibles, antennae, edges of lobes of frontal carinæ, legs, posterior borders of segments of gaster, fifth segment, and sting red. Body clothed with short scattered hairs, which are longer and closer on the gaster. Head strongly and somewhat deeply longitudinally striate, the striae of the rather flat surface of the head and of the cheeks meeting behind the temples; mandibles shining, faintly longitudinally striate, with scattered punctures, and a row of punctures along the terminal borders; clypeus narrow, rounded at apex, slightly striate; frontal furrow deeper posteriorly; antenna thickened towards apex, the penultimate joints transverse, last joint about as long as the two preceding taken together. Thorax strongly striate, circularly on pronotum, longitudinally on dorsum and sides, and transversely on the declivity of the epinotum. Node of petiole smooth on upper surface, transversely striate on anterior surface, and more faintly so on posterior surface. Gaster smooth and shining, but under a high power very finely, closely, and shallowly studded with very small punctures. Legs covered with close decumbent pubescence.

Length: 7.3 mm

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1933. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)11: 194-198.
 * Sukimin S., M. Mohamed, and H. Aris. 2010. Ant diversity of Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 6:89-101.