Strumigenys semicrypta

Identification
A member of the havilandi complex in the Strumigenys arnoldi-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Uganda.

Nomenclature

 *  semicrypta. Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000: 596 (w.) UGANDA.

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.4, HL 0.62, HW 0.44, CI 71, ML 0.36, MI 58, SL 0.38, SI 86, PW 0.26, AL 0.60. Characters of havilandi-complex. Mandible broadest near midlength, distinctly narrowing toward apex but width not markedly diminishing from midlength to base. In profile mandible shallowly but distinctly arched. Mandible with both preapical teeth spiniform, the distal slightly longer than the proximal. Scape broadest at about the midlength, narrowing both proximally and distally. Cephalic ground-pilosity, the hairs bordering the upper scrobe margin, and the hairs on the leading edge of the scape, all large and broadly spoon-shaped. Middle and hind femora and tibiae densely clothed with appressed broadly spatulate hairs. Postpetiole small, not swollen nor inflated. Hairs on first gastral tergite stout, their apices much broadened and flattened so that in profile they appear broadly clavate.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Uganda: Maracha, v.1976, Sped. Ace. Lincei (no collector's name).