Strumigenys mumfordi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: French Polynesia.

Nomenclature

 *  mumfordi. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) inezi subsp. mumfordi Wheeler, W.M. 1932c: 160 (w.) FRENCH POLYNESIA (Marquesas Is). Combination in Smithistruma: Brown, 1948e: 105; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673. Raised to species: Brown, 1953g: 124; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 124. See also: Brown, 1964a: 195; Bolton, 2000: 401.

Worker
Length about 1 mm. Even smaller than the variety taipingensis (=Strumigenys dohertyi) from Malacca, but very similar in form and proportions. Erect club-shaped hairs on the abdomen longer; head covered with evenly-spaced, white, squamiform hairs, which are decidedly coarser than those on the clypeus. Gaster shagreened, only slightly shining, the basal half of the first segment dark brown.

Type Material
Uapou: Hakahetau Valley, 1 specimen, altitude 2,500 feet, A. M. Adamson. Nukuhiva: Ooumu, altitude 4,050 feet, 1 specimen, Mumford and Adamson.