Strumigenys minutula

Strumigenys minutula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. minutula
Binomial name
Strumigenys minutula
Terayama & Kubota, 1989

Strumigenys minutula is a species of ant found in Japan and Taiwan.

This is the smallest ant in its genus (workers less than 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length) and can be easily identified by size alone, as well as by characteristically short, strongly curved mandibles.

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