Strumigenys nigrescens

Distribution
This taxon was described from Jamaica. It is also found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  nigrescens. Strumigenys alberti var. nigrescens Wheeler, W.M. 1911a: 28 (w.) JAMAICA. Brown, 1953g: 98 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955a: 143 (l.). Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325; in Smithistruma: Brown, 1953g: 96; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673. Raised to species and senior synonym of longipilis, nana: Brown, 1953g: 96; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 125. See also: Bolton, 2000: 157.
 * nana. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) alberti var. nana Santschi, 1930e: 80 (w.) CUBA. Junior synonym of nigrescens: Brown, 1953g: 97.
 * longipilis. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) alberti subsp. longipilis Weber, 1934a: 50 (w.) CUBA. Combination in Smithistruma: Brown, 1948e: 106. Junior synonym of nigrescens: Brown, 1953g: 97.

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.