Strumigenys connectens

Identification
Bolton (2000) - Closest related to Strumigenys decipula, Strumigenys trieces and Strumigenys subedentata; see under the last named for discussion.

Distribution
Columbia and Ecuador

This taxon was described from Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  connectens. Strumigenys connectens Kempf, 1958b: 59, figs. 1-3 (w.) COLOMBIA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 117. See also: Bolton, 2000: 181.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 2.5-2.9, HL 0.60-0.65, HW 0.50, CI 81-86, ML 0.33, MI 53-56, SL 0.33, SI 66, AL 0.64-0.73 (measurements after Kempf, 1958a). Characters of gundlachi-complex. Inner margins of mandibles strongly convex in full-face view, at full closure touching at about the midlength and diverging both proxi mally and distally. Apex of mandible with 2 intercalary denticles between apicodorsal and apicoventral teeth. Preapical denticles 3 - 4 in number, located in the apical third of the mandible length; apicodorsal tooth followed proximally by a denticle or small tooth, then a second small tooth that varies from about the size of the first to distinctly larger; proximal of this with 1 - 2 denticles. Scape broadening medially but not expanded into a wide lobe, SL about 3.5 times the maximum scape width. Ground-pilosity of head and alitrunk of decumbent curved spatulate hairs. Apicoscrobal hair short. Cephalic dorsum with a single pair of short erect hairs, close to occipital margin. Pronotal humeral hair present. Mesonotal dorsum with a single pair of erect hairs. Head, alitrunk and waist segments reticulate-punctate. First gastral sternite smooth, not reticulate basally. Spongiform lobes of postpetiole small but well developed.

Type Material
Strumigenys connectens Kempf, 1958a: 59, figs. 1 - 3. Holotype worker, COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca Prov., 7 mi. W of Alban, 15.iii.1955 (E.J. Schlinger & E.S. Ross); paratype workers, from COLOMBIA: 8-22-45, SF 19518, 45-16312 (intercepted by U. S. Plant Quarantine, San Francisco, California, 22.viii.1945, on imported orchid Cattleya mendeli) (examined).

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.