Strumigenys media

Identification
A member of the Strumigenys mutica-group. See Strumigenys mutica.

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

Nomenclature

 *  media. Kyidris media Wilson & Brown, 1956: 445, figs. 2, 5 (w.q.m.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. See also: Bolton, 2000: 455.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype queen (alate), paratype workers, queen and male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Didiman Creek, nr Lae, 29.iii.1955, in nest of Strumigenys loriae (nest no. 713), lowland rainforest (E. O. Wilson) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * CSIRO Collection
 * 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.
 * Wilson E. O., and W. L. Brown, Jr. 1956. New parasitic ants of the genus Kyidris, with notes on ecology and behavior. Insectes Soc. 3: 439-454.