Strumigenys emmae

Distribution
This taxon was described from Antilles. It is also found in New Caledonia, Australia, Philippines, Ecuador, New Guinea, Suriname, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, China, India, Comoros, Seychelles, Réunion, Mayotte, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Japan, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Yemen, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Guam, Samoa, Tonga, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands, Borneo and Hawaii.

Nomenclature

 *  emmae. Epitritus emmae Emery, 1890b: 70, pl. 8, fig. 6 (w.) ANTILLES. Wheeler, W.M. 1908a: 149 (q.). Combination in Quadristruma: Brown, 1949b: 48; in Strumigenys: Bolton, 1999: 1674. Senior synonym of clypeatus, malesiana, wheeleri: Brown, 1949b: 48. See also: Bolton, 1983: 400; Bolton, 2000: 950.
 * clypeatus. Epitritus clypeatus Szabó, 1909: 27, fig. 1 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of emmae: Brown, 1949b: 48.
 * malesiana. Epitritus clypeatus var. malesiana Forel, 1913k: 83 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of emmae: Brown, 1949b: 48.
 * wheeleri. Epitritus wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1916a: 121 (w.) HAWAII. Junior synonym of emmae: Brown, 1949b: 48.

Additional References

 * Wetterer, J.K. 2012. Worldwide spread of Emma's dacetine ant, Strumigenys emmae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologial News 16: 69-74.