Strumigenys strenosa

Identification
Bolton (2000) – A member of the prosopis complex in the Strumigenys lyroessa-group. See Strumigenys panopla.

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

Nomenclature

 *  strenosa. Strumigenys strenosa Bolton, 2000: 875 (w.) BORNEO.

Worker
Holotype. TL 1.9, HL 0.51, HW 0.42, CI 82, ML 0.16, MI 31, SL 0.22, SI 52, PW 0.24, AL 0.52. Characters of prosopis-complex. Dorsolateral margin of head with spoon-shaped curved hairs on upper scrobe margin to level of apex of scrobe; these hairs similar in shape and size to those on leading edge of scape. Posterior to this are shorter, narrower hairs that are more strongly appressed; there is no apicoscrobal hair. Cephalic dorsum with a single short standing hair at apex of each occipital lobe, otherwise standing hairs absent. Pronotal humeral hair absent. Dorsum of promesonotum and waist segments without standing hairs. Propodeal declivity with a broad lamella whose posterior margin is confluent with the propodeal tooth to its apex. First gastral tergite with a single pair of erect stiff hairs, near the base. Cephalic dorsum almost entirely smooth, mostly shining, with widely scattered inconspicuous punctulae only. Entire dorsal alitrunk and petiole node unsculptured.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sabah, Poring Hot Springs, Langanan Riv., 850 m., 14.v.1987, no. 25a (Lobl & Burckhardt).