Strumigenys ligur

A leaf-litter sample from a humid forest is the only collection of this species.

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

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

Nomenclature

 *  ligur. Strumigenys ligur Bolton, 2000: 783 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Kai Besar).

Worker
Holotype. TL 1.9, HL 0.47, HW 0.38, CI 81, ML 0.25, MI 53, SL 0.28, SI 74, PW 0.25, AL 0.50. Dorsolateral margin of head with 2 freely laterally projecting flagellate hairs, one at level of eye, the other apicoscrobal. Side of alitrunk entirely reticulate-punctate, without smooth shining patches on pleurae. Bullae of femoral glands very conspicuous, those on fore femora distinctly larger than those on middle and hind femora. Basitarsus of hind leg with 2 very long erect fine flagellate hairs on its dorsal (outer) surface; a single similar hair on dorsal (outer) surface of hind tibia. Propodeal teeth short and narrowly triangular. With petiole in profile height of anterior face of node about equal to length of dorsum of node, the two surfaces meeting through a well defined but blunt anterodorsal angle. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long, roughly transversely rectangular. Basigastral costulae very short, their length on the tergite hardly greater than thickness of limbus, very much shorter than length of the reticulate-punctate postpetiole disc.

Paratypes. TL 1.8-1.9, HL 0.46-0.49, HW 0.37-0.39, CI 79-81, ML 0.24-0.25, MI 50-53, SL 0.27-0.28, SI 71-74, PW 0.24-0.25, AL 0.46-0.50 (6 measured).

Type Material
Holotype worker (top specimen of 2 on pin), Indonesia: Malra Kai Besar, G. Dab, humid forest leaf litter #4, F911204, 5.39°S, 132.59°E, 3.ix.1991 (D. Agosti).

Paratypes. 1 worker with same data as holotype; 6 workers and 3 queens with same data but #5, F911205, 4.ix.1991; 2 workers with same data but #6, F911206, 5.ix.1991 (MHNG, ).

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.