Strumigenys degonya

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the signeae complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. This arboreal species is unique in the group because of the dense silky longitudinal striolate-punctulate sculpture that entirely blankets the first gastral tergite. See notes under Strumigenys forficata.

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

Nomenclature

 *  degonya. Strumigenys degonya Bolton, 2000: 820 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.6, HL 0.79, HW 0.62, CI 78, ML 0.33, MI 42, SL 0.44, SI 71, PW 0.29, AL 0.68. Characters of signeae-complex. Preapical tooth very close to apicodorsal tooth. Dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view with a row of minute, closely applied spoon-shaped hairs, without an apicoscrobal hair. Ventrolateral margin of head concave in front of eye. Cephalic dorsum with appressed, very narrowly spatulate ground-pilosity but without erect hairs, even lacking the usual row near the occipital margin. Dorsal alitrunk with sparse appressed ground-pilosity, without standing hairs anywhere, without a pronotal humeral hair. Dorsal surfaces of petiole, postpetiole and first gastral tergite without standing hairs; second tergite to apex with a few short erect hairs. Entire dorsum and side of alitrunk densely reticulate-punctate. Propodeal lamella very narrow, engaging only extreme base of spine. With petiole in profile the lateral spongiform lobe is restricted to the posterior third of the length of the node; in the same view anterior face of node is slightly shorter than length of dorsum. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long. Disc of postpetiole finely reticulate-punctulate. First gastral tergite entirely covered with fine dense longitudinal striolate-punctulate sculpture that gives the sclerite a silky appearance. Base of first gastral sternite without spongiform tissue.

Paratypes. TL 2.6, HL 0.79-0.80, HW 0.61-0.62, CI 76-78, ML 0.33-0.34, MI 41-43, SL 0.44, SI 71-72, PW 0.28-0.29, AL 0.68-0.70 (2 measured).

Type Material
Holotype worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P., 400 m., 11.ii.1985, fog 5, plot C (N. Stork).

Paratypes. 2 workers, same locality but 200-400 m., 8.ii.1985, fog, plot B, lowland forest (P.M. Hammond) (BMNH, ).