Strumigenys splendens

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys splendens-group. S. splendens stands out as the most generalised species in the group, being easily characterised by its lack of specialised features: no strange specialisations of the clypeus, no concealment of preocular carinae, no marked shortening of scapes, no pronotal margination, no flagellate hairs, no projecting tibial hairs. It looks like, and may very well be, the sister of all the other species in the group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  splendens. Gymnomyrmex splendens Borgmeier, 1954b: 279, figs. 1-6 (w.) BRAZIL. Kempf, 1959d: 339 (q.). Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 128. See also: Bolton, 2000: 236.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 2.4 - 2.6, HL 0.63-0.68, HW 0.39-0.43, CI 61-63, ML 0.09-0.10, MI 14-15, SL 0.30-0.32, SI 72-80, PW 0.25-0.27, AL 0.68-0.70 (4 measured).

With head in full-face view clypeus not expanded laterally, outer margins of mandibles visible almost to level of preocular carinae. Frontal lobes and frontal carinae not strongly expanded laterally, in full-face view the preocular carinae fully exposed and the outer curvature of the eye visible. With mandibles at full closure exposed length of basal lamella only fractionally less than length of tooth row. Dorsum of head smooth and shining except for fine sculpture on upper scrobe margins. Dorsolateral margins of head and pronotal humeri without projecting hairs of any form. Dorsal surfaces of head and alitrunk without hairs but short fine hairs present on waist segments and near base of first gastral tergite. Dorsal (outer) surfaces of middle and hind tibiae with minute appressed pubescence only. Pronotum without trace of lateral margination, evenly transversely convex and unsculptured. Propodeal dorsum feebly, petiole node more strongly, reticulate-punctate.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, BRAZIL: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 300-500 m, x.1953 (F. Plaumann) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * Borgmeier T. 1954. Two interesting dacetine ants from Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 14: 279-284.
 * Cuezzo F. 1999. Nuevas citas de hormigas de las tribus Dacetini y Basicerotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para la República Argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 58(3/4): 209-210.
 * Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
 * Kempf W. W. 1959. Two new species of Gymnomyrmex Borgmeier, 1954 from southern Brazil, with remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 19: 337-344.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
 * Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
 * Suguituru S. S., D. R. de Souza, C. de Bortoli Munhae, R. Pacheco, and M. S. de Castro Morini. 2011. Diversidade e riqueza de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) em remanescentes de Mata Atlântica na Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Tietê, SP. Biota Neotrop. 13(2): 141-152.
 * Ulyssea M. A., C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. Catalogue of Dacetini and Solenopsidini ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papies Avulsos de Zoologia 53(14): 187-209.