Strumigenys
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| Strumigenys | |
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| Strumigenys abdera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Dacetini |
| Genus: | Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Strumigenys mandibularis F. Smith, 1860 | |
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| Diversity | |
| > 450 species | |
Strumigenys is a genus of myrmicine ants in the tribe Dacetini.
Biology
Strumigenys form small nests in soil, under or between rocks, or in and under logs or under cattle dung. Some species nest in association with other ants such as Bothriomyrmex mayri or Rhytidoponera metallica. Although they are normally small moving, they can run quickly when disturbed.
S. xenos is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host S. perplexa.
Most species specialize in the hunt of springtails, and the others eat other soft-bodied arthropods.[1]
Distribution
Strumigenys is found worldwide in the tropics and subtropics. 18 species are known from Australia.[1]
Selected species
- Strumigenys abdera Fisher, 2000
- Strumigenys bryanti Wheeler, 1919
- Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
- Strumigenys formosensis Forel, 1912
- Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
- Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000
- Strumigenys hispida Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys indigatrix Wheeler, 1919
- Strumigenys lacunosa Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, 1905
- Strumigenys lichiaensis Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys liukueiensis Terayama & Kubota, 1989
- Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, 1860
- Strumigenys minutula Terayama & Kubota, 1989
- Strumigenys nanzanensis Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys perplexa (Smith, 1876)
- Strumigenys solifontis Brown, 1949
- Strumigenys tigris Brown, 1971
- Strumigenys trada Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, 1922
- Strumigenys wallacei Emery, 1897
- Strumigenys xenos Brown, 1955
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Footnotes
References
- ITIS: Genus Strumigenys
- Australian Ants Online: Genus Strumigenys
- Chung-Chi Lin; Wen-Jer Wu (1996). "Revision of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan". Chinese Journal of Entomology 16: 137–152.
Further reading
- Smith, F. 1860. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Journal of Entomology 1: 65-84. PDF
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