Strumigenys paimon

The type material was found in a rotten log in montane rainforest.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the Strumigenys frivaldszkyi-group. See notes under Strumigenys frivaldszkyi.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  paimon. Strumigenys paimon Bolton, 2000: 783 (w.) NEW GUINEA.

Worker
Holotype. TL 2.1, HL 0.54, HW 0.41, CI 76, ML 0.27, MI 50, SL 0.32, SI 78, PW 0.26, AL 0.58. Apicoscrobal hair present; upper scrobe margin without a similar hair at level of eye. Side of alitrunk with katepisternum entirely smooth, a smooth patch also present on metapleuron. Bullae of femoral glands inconspicuous and small, those on fore and hind femora of about equal size, slightly larger than those on middle femora. Basitarsus of hind leg with a single very long erect fine flagellate hair in the basal third of its dorsal (outer) surface; without a similar hair on dorsal (outer) surface of hind tibia. Propodeal teeth short and triangular. With petiole in profile height of anterior face of node less than length of dorsum of node, the two surfaces meeting through a broad even curve. Petiole node in dorsal view subglobular, only slightly broader than long. Basigastral costulae short, their length on the tergite distinctly greater than thickness of limbus but less than length of the postpetiole disc; the latter reticulate-punctate and may also have a few weak longitudinal costulae on the anterior half.

Paratypes. TL 2.1, HL 0.53-0.54, HW 0.39-0.40, CI 74-75, ML 0.26, MI 48-49, SL 0.30-0.32, SI 77-80, PW 0.24-0.26, AL 0.56 (2 measured).

Type Material
Holotype worker, Papua New Guinea: Iora Creek, 17 km. 8 Kokoda, 4-6.viii.1976, 9.02°S, 147.44°E, 1400 m., #1806, ex rotten log, montane rainforest (P. S. Ward).

Paratypes. 2 workers with same data as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.