Strumigenys hypoturba

A specimen of this species was collected in a rainforest litter sample.

Identification
Bolton (2000) – A member of the smythiesii complex in the Strumigenys godeffroyi-group. See notes under Strumigenys habropilosa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  hypoturba. Strumigenys hypoturba Bolton, 2000: 809 (w.q.) INDIA.

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.5, HL 0.64, HW 0.55, CI 86, ML 0.25, MI 39, SL 0.31, SI 56, PW 0.31, AL 0.69. Characters of smythiesii-complex. Apicoscrobal hair flagellate; a second flagellate hair present posterior to this, close to occipital corner. Fringing pilosity of dorsolateral margin otherwise of short spatulate hairs that are narrower posteriorly, broader anteriorly. Cephalic dorsum evenly reticulate-punctate. In profile cephalic dorsum with curved spatulate ground-pilosity; occipital margin with a transverse row of 4-6 long fine simple standing hairs that are curved anteriorly, dorsum anterior to this with only the spatulate ground-pilosity, without standing hairs. Pronotal humeral hair flagellate. Promesonotal dorsum reticulate-punctate with traces of vague feeble longitudinal rugulae. Pronotal dorsum with 1-2 pairs, and mesonotum with 2-3 pairs of fine simple standing hairs, each also with shorter ground-pilosity. Middle and hind tibiae each with an erect fine hair on its dorsal (outer) surface (apparently no such hairs on femora but they may have been abraded away). Waist segments and gaster with long fine standing hairs that are simple to subflagellate. Lateral spongiform lobe of petiole in profile short, its anterior margin at about the midlength of the node. Dorsum of petiole node broader than long, disc of postpetiole smooth except for a punctulate strip along its extreme posterior margin.

Type Material
Holotype worker, India: Madras, Nilgiri, 6 km. E Coonoor, 1400 m., 22.xi.1972, no. 42 (Besuchet & Lobl).

Paratypes. 5 workers and 1 queen with same data as holotype but year given as 1973 (Besuchet, Lobl & Mussard); 3 workers and 1 queen with same data but 1600 m., no. 43; 1 worker Madras, Nilgiri, Halical nr Coonoor, 1600 m., 22.xi.1972 (Besuchet, Lobl & Mussard).