Strumigenys interfectiva

Known from a cloud forest and plantain planting.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys marginiventris-group. This recently described species is best diagnosed by its postpetiolar and gastral sculpture, coupled with its arrangement of hairs and lack of dorsolateral gastral margination.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  interfectiva. Strumigenys interfectiva Lattke & Goitía, 1997: 386, fig. 36 (w.) VENEZUELA. See also: Bolton, 2000: 541.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 3.1-3.3, HL 0.87-0.90, HW 0.69-0.70, CI 78-80, ML 0.74-0.82, MI 82-88, SL 0.74-0.76, SI 106-110, PW 0.38-0.42, AL 0.86-0.90 (4 measured).

Cephalic dorsum with a single pair of slender erect simple hairs, close to the occipital margin. Flagellate hairs present: in apicoscrobal position; at pronotal humerus; a pair on mesonotum; a few on waist segments; numerous on first gastral tergite. Ventral spongiform strip on petiole narrow, sometimes broken or partially absent. Mesopleuron partially to mostly smooth, metapleuron and side of propodeum reticulate-punctate. Propodeal spines slender and narrowly triangular, subtended by a narrow carina. Petiole node slightly longer than broad in dorsal view. Disc of postpetiole with longitudinal costulae across its entire width. First gastral tergite finely and densely longitudinally striolate-costulate, the sculpture extending almost the entire length of the segment or fading out in the posterior quarter.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, VENEZUELA: Edo. Aragua, Lorna de Hierro, 10°10'N, 67°08'W, 5 km. SE La Victoria, 1400 m., 16.xi.1994 (J. Lattke) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Lattke J. E., and M. A Riera-Valera. 2012. Diversidad de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la hojarasca y suelo de selvas nubladas de la Cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela. Métodos en Ecología y Sistemática 7(1): 20-34.
 * Rodriguez E. R., and J. E. Lattke. 2012. Diversidad de hormigas en un gradiente altitudinal de la cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 50: 295?304.