Strumigenys zeteki

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the crassicornis complex in the Strumigenys gundlachi group. The general description of the body and its pilosity also applies to Strumigenys auctidens and Strumigenys stenotes; characters separating these from zeteki are noted on their species pages.

Distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Peru

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru.

Nomenclature

 *  zeteki. Neostruma zeteki Brown, 1959b: 10, figs. 1, 5 (w.q.) PANAMA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 130. See also: Bolton, 2000: 196.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 1.7-2.1, HL 0.50-0.57, HW 0.34-0.39, CI 67-71, ML 0.17-0.22, MI 34-38, SL 0.17- 0.22, SI 49-56, PW 0.24-0.30, AL 0.47-0.56 (20 measured). Characters of crassicomis-complex. Apicodorsal tooth of mandible followed proximally by a row of 4 - 8 denticles and a larger submedian tooth. Proximal to submedian tooth is a row of 3 - 7 denticles. Apex of mandible with 3 - 4 minute intercalary denticles between apicodorsal and apicoventral teeth. Outer margin of mandible concave through its apical third. Head narrow and markedly dorsoventrally flattened, in profile the dorsum concave above and behind the level of the eyes and the maximum vertical distance between highest and lowest points of head capsule 0.36-0.41 X HL. Hairs on leading edge of scape very broadly splayed out apically, at least one curved toward the base of the scape. Pronotal humeral hair short stout and flat, directed anterolaterally. Pronotum flattened and bluntly marginate dorsolaterally, its dorsum without standing hairs. Mesonotum somewhat more strongly marginate and with a pair of very short erect hairs (easily lost). Ventral spongiform lobe of postpetiole small but di stinct, the disc densely reticulate-punctate. Standing hairs on petiole, postpetiole and first gastral tergite remiform or somewhat apically flattened and expanded. Head and alitrunk reticulate-punctate everywhere except for katepisternum, which is smooth.

Type Material
Holotype worker, paratype workers and queen, PANAMA: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island, ii-iii. 1943 (J. Zetek) (examined).