Strumigenys parsauga

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys alberti-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  parsauga. Pyramica parsauga Bolton, 2000: 157 (w.) COSTA RICA. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 125

Worker
HOLOTYPE. TL 1.9, HL 0.52, HW 0.36, CI 69, ML 0.12, MI 23, SL 0.26, SI 72, PW 0.24, AL 0.50. Basal lamella mostly visible in full-face view with mandibles fully closed, the lamella followed immediately by a row of 5 acute triangular teeth; no secondary lamella and no alternation of tall pointed and low rounded teeth. Anterior clypeal margin prominently arched-convex between points where outer margins of closed mandibles intersect anterior clypeal margin. Apicoscrobal hair flagellate, long and fine. Eye very small, with only 2 ommatidia in the longest row and only 4 ommatidia in total. Promesonotal dorsum without a median longitudinal carina, the dorsum and sides of the pronotum unsculptured, smooth and shining. Mesonotum and propodeal declivity reticulate-punctate but dorsum of propodeum smooth. Petiole node in dorsal view smooth, slightly broader than long and with thick, strongly prominent lateral spongiform lobes.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Costa Rica: Provo Limon, Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9°40'N, 83°02'W, 500 m., 30.viii.1985, wet forest, ex sifted leaf litter, #970-s (J. Longino).