Strumigenys superstes

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.

Biology
Strumigenys superstes is known only from a single queen collected from a pitfall trap at a mid-elevation (1940 m) pinyon-juniper woodland approximately 30 km south of the Grand Canyon. The smaller width of the mesosoma suggested the species might have reduced dispersibility by flight (Keller et al. 2014) and could potentially be a social parasite of another species.

Nomenclature

 * . Strumigenys superstes Booher & Uhey, 2020: 663, figs. 1-3 (q.) U.S.A.

Etymology
Meaning “survivor” and referring to the disjunct temperate locality of the species compared to the centralized Panamanian distribution of other members of the excisa group.