Strumigenys conspersa

Distribution
Argentina and Brazil This taxon was described from Argentina.

Nomenclature

 *  conspersa. Strumigenys conspersa Emery, 1906c: 169, fig. 29 (w.) ARGENTINA. Santschi, 1929d: 302 (q.). Combination in S. (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1924d: 325; in Smithistruma: Brown, 1953g: 100; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673; in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 117. See also: Bolton, 2000: 155.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 2.0-2.1, HL 0.52-0.54, HW 0.35-0.36, CI 66-69, ML 0.09-0.11, MI 18-22, SL 0.28-0.30, SI 80-86, PW 0.25-0.26, AL 0.48-0.53 (3 measured).

Mandible with a basal series of 5 narrow acutely triangular teeth distal of which are two smaller but similarly shaped teeth; basal tooth immediately follows basal lamella, without a long secondary lamella on the masticatory margin and without alternation of high acute and low rounded teeth. Eye large, with 6-7 ommatidia in the longest row. Apicoscrobal hair simple, almost straight, slightly thickened apically. Pronotum without a median longitudinal carina. Dorsal alitrunk and side of pronotum evenly densely reticulate-punctate. Propodeal spines long and extremely thin, needle-like, the propodeal lamella reduced to a minute carina on the declivity below each spine.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Syntype workers, ARGENTINA: Salta (F. Silvestri) (not seen).

Additional References

 * Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M.L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria” 99: 1-191.