Strumigenys bubisnoda

Identification
Bolton (2000) - The only member of the Strumigenys bubisnoda-group. Because of the remarkably flattened head and grossly swollen postpetiole this species should not be confused with any other from the regional fauna.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  bubisnoda. Pyramica bubisnoda Bolton, 2000: 393 (w.) BORNEO. Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 116

Worker
Holotype. TL 4.0, HL 1.22, HW 0.72, CI 59, ML 0.13, MI 11, SL 0.43, SI 60, PW 0.46, AL 1.10. Upper scrobe margins posterior to frontal lobes closely approximated and roughly parallel; behind level of eyes flaring outward at almost a right-angle until nearly twice the former width. Anterior part of these margins with a number of small flattened projecting hairs, similar in shape and size to those on leading edge of scape. Maximum diameter of eye 0.12. Lateral spongiform lobe of petiole extends almost the entire length of the side of the node. Enormously inflated postpetiole has maximum width in dorsal view 0.59, maximum length in same view 0.42; maximum depth in profile 0.40, in all cases ignoring the spongiform tissue. Sculpture of dorsal and lateral alitrunk, and on petiole and postpetiole, is of separated punctures rather than reticulate-punctation. Basal half of first gastral tergite and sternite smooth, apical half of each sclerite densely punctulate.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Malaysia: Sarawak, SW Gunung Buda, 64 km. S Limbang, 20.xi.1996, 4°13'N, 114°56'E (S. L. Heydon & S. Fung).