Strumigenys mutica

Identification
Bharti & Akbar (2013) - Member of the widely distributed mutica group which previously constituted the genus Kyidris now abandoned (Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 1994; Bolton, 1999). The distinctive form of the mandibles (only apical half of each mandible with teeth while basal halves are edentate, forming a large gap between the mandibles) coupled with the compact biconvex mesosoma, propodeum usually unarmed and spongiform appendages of waist segments reduced. S. mutica with one or two pairs of specialized hairs on head close to occipital margin, one pair on mesonotum, one pair on petiole, one or two pairs on postpetiole and at least one pair on basal half of first gastral tergite differentiates it from closely related species S. yaleogyna and S. media which are lacking such distribution of hairs on head and body (Bolton, 2000).

Key to Strumigenys of India

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore. Oriental Region: India, India. Palaearctic Region: China, Japan, Republic of Korea.

Nomenclature

 *  mutica. Kyidris mutica Brown, 1949d: 3, fig. 1 (w.) JAPAN. Wilson & Brown, 1956: 442 (q.m.); Imai, Kubota, et al. 1985: 47 (k.). Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 124. Senior synonym of itoi: Brown & Yasumatsu, 1951: 94; of nuda: Brown, 1952c: 124. See also: Bolton, 2000: 455.
 * nuda. Kyidris nuda Brown, 1949d: 23 (q.) TAIWAN. Junior synonym of mutica: Brown, 1952c: 124.
 * itoi. Polyhomoa itoi Azuma, 1950: 36, figs. (w.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of mutica: Brown & Yasumatsu, 1951: 94.