Strumigenys maxillaris

Well collected, this species occurs across a range of forest habitats. No nesting details are known as litter-sampling has been the primary collection method.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania. Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Mayotte.

Nomenclature

 * mandibularis. Epitritus mandibularis Szabó, 1909: 27, fig. 2 (w.) TANZANIA. [Junior secondary homonym of mandibularis Smith.] Replacement name: maxillaris Baroni Urbani, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. Santschi, 1914e: 34 (q.). Combination in Miccostruma: Brown, 1948e: 123; in Smithistruma: Bolton, 1983: 283; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673. See also: Bolton, 2000: 304.
 *  maxillaris. Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. Replacement name for Epitritus mandibularis Szabó, 1909: 27. [Junior secondary homonym of Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, F. 1860c: 72.]

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 267-416.
 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * CSIRO Collection
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection