Strumigenys planeti

Brown (1962): Apparently a rain forest species. Weber (1952) reports a nest taken in a wet mossy log in a cacao plantation on Trinidad.

Identification
Bolton (2000) - A member of the mandibularis complex in the Strumigenys mandibularis-group. The mandibles of this species are nearly as strongly bowed as in Strumigenys godmani but that species is much larger, with relatively shorter mandibles and a long and hypertrophied postpetiole disc.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  planeti. Strumigenys planeti Brown, 1953d: 57 (w.q.) BOLIVIA. [Strumigenys planeti Weber, 1952b: 3; unavailable name, attributed to Brown.] See also: Bolton, 2000: 536.

Worker
Bolton (2000) - TL 3.5-4.0, HL 0.81-0.93, HW 0.65-0.74, CI 80-85, ML 0.45-0.52, MI 53-57, SL 0.54-0.62, SI 82-85, PW 0.44-0.50, AL 0.80-0.94 (10 measured).

Characters of mandibularis-complex. Proximal preapical tooth located just proximal of midlength of inner mandibular margin. Length of proximal preapical tooth equal to, or slightly less than, distance between preapical teeth. Outer margins of mandibles strongly arched outwards at full closure. Upper scrobe margin with 2-3 projecting stiff hairs; vertex with 2-3 pairs of standing hairs. Propodeal declivity with two close-set peaks or projecting angles linked by a short lamella. Postpetiole disc usually about as long as broad, sometimes fractionally broader than long; disc reticulate-punctate, usually also with traces of longitudinal costulae at least anteriorly. Standing long fine hairs present only near base of first gastral tergite. Basigastral costulae sparse and short but quite strongly defined.

Type Material
Bolton (2000) - Holotype worker, paratype workers and queen, BOLIVIA: Rio Beni, Huachi (W. M. Mann); paratype workers, BOLIVIA: Tumupasa, Mulford Exp., iii.1922 (W. M. Mann); Covendo (W. M. Mann); BRAZIL: Para, Belem (W. M. Mann); TRINIDAD: Maracas Valley, no. 454 (N. A. Weber) [examined].