Strumigenys minutula | |
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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.