Strumigenys membranifera

Distribution
This taxon was described from Italy. It is also found in the United States, Australia, Ecuador, New Guinea, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nepal, South Africa, Israel, Comoros, Mayotte, Cameroon, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Japan, Bhutan, Indonesia, Spain, Greece, Malta, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Guam, Samoa, Tonga, Barbados, Balearic Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Taiwan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Hawaii.

Nomenclature

 *  membranifera. Strumigenys (Trichoscapa) membranifera Emery, 1869b: 24, fig. 11 (w.) ITALY. Emery, 1916b: 205 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1991b: 93 (l.). Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1916b: 205; in Trichoscapa: Brown, 1948e: 113; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. Senior synonym of foochowensis, marioni, santschii, silvestriana, simillima, vitiensis, williamsi: Brown, 1948e: 114. See also: Brown, 1949d: 6; Wilson, 1954: 483; Bolton, 1983: 319; Bolton, 2000: 322.
 * simillima. Strumigenys membranifera r. simillima Emery, 1890b: 69, pl. 8, fig. 5 (w.) ANTILLES. Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * santschii. Strumigenys membranifera var. santschii Forel, 1904c: 6 (w.) TUNISIA. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * vitiensis. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) vitiensis Mann, 1921: 461, fig. 22 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * foochowensis. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) foochowensis Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 28 (q.) CHINA. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * silvestriana. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) silvestriana Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 27 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * marioni. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) membranifera var. marioni Wheeler, W.M. 1933h: 276 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.
 * williamsi. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) membranifera var. williamsi Wheeler, W.M. 1933h: 276 (w.q.) HAWAII. Junior synonym of membranifera: Brown, 1948e: 114.

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.
 * [[Media:Billen 2002.pdf|Billen, J.; Espadaler, X. 2002. A novel epithelial intramandibular gland in the ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Belg. J. Zool. 132: 175-176 PDF]]


 * Wetterer, J.K. 2011. Worldwide spread of the membraniferous dacetine ant, Strumigenys membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 14, 129-135.