Strumigenys moera

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys emeryi-group. Similar to Strumigenys sevesta but with narrower head, longer scape, better developed spongiform tissue ventrally on the petiole, a more extensive shining area on the pleurae and entirely reticulate-punctate pronotum.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Ecuador.

Nomenclature

 *  moera. Strumigenys moera Bolton, 2000: 516 (w.) ECUADOR.

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.9, HL 0.73, HW 0.52, CI 71, ML 0.42, MI 57, SL 0.52, SI 100, PW 0.32, AL 0.72. Mandible without trace of preapical dentition. Apicoscrobal hair and pronotal humeral hair flagellate. Both pairs of erect hairs on cephalic dorsum stiff and simple; mesonotum with a similar but more acutely pointed pair of hairs (adherent to surface in holotype, most probably erect in life). Petiole, postpetiole and first gastral tergite with stiff simple hairs that are erect or inclined, shallowly curved along their length and mostly acute apically; those toward apex of first gastral tergite weakly flagellate. Pronotal dorsum reticulate-punctate, without superimposed rugular sculpture. Mesopleuron and most of metapleuron smooth and shining, side of propodeum reticulate-punctate. Propodeum with a pair of narrowly triangular acute spines, each subtended by a very narrow lamella, little more than a carina, down the declivity; propodeal lacuna absent. Ventral surface of petiole with a thin spongiform strip that commences at about the level of the spiracle and extends to the posteroventral angle, becoming deeper posteriorly. In profile ventral spongiform lobe of postpetiole small, slightly smaller than the area of exposed cuticle of the disc. Disc of postpetiole finely reticulate-punctate everywhere. Basigastral costulae sparse and very short, much shorter than postpetiole disc.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Ecuador: Provo Pichincho, 4 km. E Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 520 m., 22.vi.1975, B-304 (S. & J. Peck).