Strumigenys runa

Known from wet forest habitat litter-samples.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys mnemosyne-group. For discussion see under Strumigenys mnemosyne.

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

Nomenclature

 *  runa. Pyramica runa Bolton, 2000: 447 (w.) BORNEO. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 127

Worker
Holotype. TL 1.5, HL 0.40, HW 0.32, CI 80, ML 0.06, MI 18, SL 0.16, SI 50, PW 0.20, AL 0.39. With the characters of the group and answering the general description of mnemosyne, but differing as follows.

1 Leading edge of scape with 1-2 elongate straight hairs that project anterodorsally.

2 Standing hairs on cephalic dorsum finer, longer and denser than in mnemosyne, not obviously arranged in transverse rows.

3 In profile posterior half of pronotal dorsum outline shallowly concave.

4 Standing hairs on dorsal alitrunk numerous and not arranged in distinct pairs.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sabah, mi. 43 Labuk Rd ex Sandakan (Lungmanis), 13.vi.1968, rainforest berlesate, acc.68.S27 (R. W. Taylor).



References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58