Strumigenys lucifuga

A specimen was found in a rainforest litter-sample.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys lujae-group. S. lucifuga appears to be closest related to Strumigenys geoterra but the two are easily separated by the characters given in the key.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gabon.

Nomenclature

 *  lucifuga. Pyramica lucifuga Bolton, 2000: 314 (w.) GABON. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 122

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.0, HL 0.48, HW 0.36, CI 75, ML 0.20, MI 42, SL 0.32, SI 89, PW 0.28, AL 0.58. Upper scrobe margin in full-face view with narrow border that peter out posteriorly; in profile scrobe shallow and poorly developed, its upper margin very feebly developed posterior to level of eye. Apicoscrobal hair absent. Dorsum of head sharply reticulate-punctate, with small spatulate ground-pilosity that is feebly elevated; a single pair of anteriorly curved stout remiform hairs present close to occipital margin. Pronotum without a projecting simple or flagellate humeral hair but a strongly recurved narrowly spatulate hair, similar to but slightly longer than the pronotal ground-pilosity, is present at the humeru. Mesonotum with a single pair of erect stout remiform hairs. Pronotal dorsum and sides unsculptured, glassy smooth. Mesonotum and propodeal dorsum finely reticulate-punctulate, the declivity weakly sculptured. Dorsum of petiole node finely sculptured and dull; disc of postpetiole un sculptured and smooth. Pleurae and side of propodeum mostly smooth, punctate peripherally. Petiole and postpetiole posterodorsally each with a single pair of stout, thickly remiform hairs, the first gastral tergite with similar hairs.

Paratypes. TL 2.0, HL 0.48-0.50, HW 0.36-0.37, CI 74-75, ML 0.20, MI 40-42, SL 0.32, SI 86-89, PW 0.27-0.28, AL 0.58 (2 measured).

Type Material
Holotype worker, Gabon: Provo Woleu-Ntem, 31.3 km. 108° ESE Minvoul, 2°04.8'N, 12°24.4'E, 600 m., 1l.ii.1998, #1684(39) (B.L. Fisher).

Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65