Strumigenys imantodes

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the lyroessa complex in the Strumigenys lyroessa-group. See Strumigenys arrogantia and Strumigenys micrura.

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

Nomenclature

 *  imantodes. Strumigenys imantodes Bolton, 2000: 870 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.2, HL 0.65, HW 0.49, CI 75, ML 0.18, MI 28, SL 0.26, SI 53, PW 0.29, AL 0.60. Characters of lyroessa-complex. In profile preapical tooth of mandible no more strongly developed than apicodorsal tooth. Upper scrobe margin with a row of anteriorly curved small narrowly spatulate hairs. Apicoscrobal hair short, stiff and stout; dorsolateral margin of occipital lobe posterior to this with 5 or more similarly shaped but slightly shorter projecting hairs. Cephalic dorsum with standing hairs restricted to a stubbly transverse row along the occipital margin. Pronotal humeral hair short, stiff and remiform; pronotum otherwise without standing hairs. Mesonotum with 3 pairs of short remiform to apically expanded erect hairs, located along the dorsolateral margins. Lamella on propodeal declivity narrow, with a shallowly concave free (posterior) margin; maximum width of lamella below level of spiracle is distinctly less than half the length of the propodeal tooth. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long, transversely rectangular. Erect hairs on first gastral tergite short and stiff, simple or slightly expanded apically, distributed over the entire sclerite. Entirety of head and body light brown.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Tengah, nr Morowali, Ranu River Area, 27.i.-20.iv.1980, BM 1980-280 (M. J. D. Brendell).