Strumigenys disarmata

Collected from rainforest, Strumigenys disarmata has been found in litter, rotten logs and a rotting tuber root.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys szalayi-group. The lack of distinctly developed propodeal teeth renders disarmata immediately recognisable within the group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  disarmata. Strumigenys disarmata Brown, 1971c: 80, fig. 6 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. See also: Bolton, 2000: 903.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 3.4-3.5, H L 0.94-1.00, HW 0.67-0.72, CI 70-72, ML 0.52-0.60, MI 55-60, SL 0.66-0.72, SI 98-103, PW 0.34-0.38, AL 0.93-0.98 (7 measured).

With head in profile the postocular concavity in the vetrolateral margin very distinct. Propodeal teeth vestigial, reduced to tiny obtuse tubercles or even reduced to mere rounded angles. Side of alitrunk reticulate-punctate except for a small unsculptured patch on katepisternum. Hairs on first gastral tergite similar to those on postpetiole. Colour a mixture of varying shades of brown to uniform dark brown with lighter legs.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, paratype workers and queens, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Eastern Highlands, Benaga, ca 20 miles SW of Aiyura, 6000 ft, 12.viii.1956, leaf mold Nothofagus (T. E. Woodward) [examined].