Strumigenys pliocera

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the caniophanes complex in the Strumigenys caniophanes-group. See notes under Strumigenys dipsas.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  pliocera. Strumigenys pliocera Bolton, 2000: 764 (w.) BORNEO.

Worker
Holotype. TL 3.4, HL 0.89, HW 0.61, CI 69, ML 0.44, MI 49, SL 0.51, SI 84, PW 0.36, AL 0.90. Mandible with a triangular preapical tooth. Dorsolateral margin of head in full-face view with 3 freely laterally projecting fine hairs: one at level of eye, one just posterior to level of eye and one in apicoscrobal position. Cephalic dorsum with a row of 4-6 erect fine hairs along the occipital margin and with 1-2 shorter erect hairs on lateral margin of occipital lobe; without erect hairs at highest point of vertex. Dorsum of head predominantly reticulate-punctate, overlaid by very fine irregular rugulae. Apical funicular segment spindle-shaped and constricted basally. Promesonotal dorsum and side of pronotum sharply closely punctate; katepistemum mostly smooth. Metapleuron and side of propodeum punctate but glossy. Anterior coxae with weak transverse rugulae or costulae. Pronotal humeral hair long and fine, curved/sinuate but not flagellate. Pronotal dorsum with 2-3 pairs of erect fine hairs, mesonotum with 3-4 similar pairs. First gastral tergite with long fine curved filiform hairs. Dorsal surface of hind femur without standing hairs; ventral surface with a spaced row of suberect hairs that are directed ventrolaterally. Dorsal (outer) surfaces of hind tibia and basitarsus each with 1-2 long erect freely projecting hairs. Propodeal teeth short, triangular and acute. Petiole in profile claviform.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sabah, Kinabalu, 26.iv.1987, 1880 m., no. 4a (Burckhardt & Lobl).

Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype (MHNG, ).