Strumigenys toma
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Strumigenys
Name
Strumigenys toma Bolton, B., 2000 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Strumigenys toma Bolton, B., 2000, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 637-637.
Description
HOLOTYPE WORKER. TL 1.7, HL 0.42, HW 0.38, CI 91, ML 0.12, MI 27, SL 0.21, SI 56, PW 0.25, AL 0.46. Characters of alapa-complex. Preapical dentition of each mandible a single spiniform tooth. Anterolateral margin of clypeus with a spoon-shaped hair curved medially that is larger than hairs found on anterior margin of clypeus. In fullface view, cephalic dorsum posterior of clypeal margin with broadly scale-like to orbicular hairs on anterior two thirds, extending on to vertex posterior of apex of upper scrobe margin. Upper scrobe margin with broadly scale-like hairs. Pronotal humeral hair absent; mesonotum without standing hairs. In profile, pronotal dorsum shallowly convex; mesonotum with a shallowly concave depression. Propodeal dorsum more or less flat anteriorly, sloping slightly posteriorly before meeting the declivity in a blunt angle without a noticeable tooth. Ventral spongiform tissue well developed and conspicuous on propodeum, petiole and postpetiole. In profile, spongiform lamella on propodeal declivity broad, approximately half the width of ventral spongiform curtain on petiole. Disc of postpetiole covered by a densely punctulate film of spongiform tissue. Basigastral costulae short, sparse and not sharply defined; first gastral tergite covered in punctulate-reticulate to granulate-reticulate sculpture, at least on lateral margins. Hairs on postpetiole and gaster filiform. Color pale brown. PARATYPE WORKERS. TL 0.42, HL 0.39, HW 0.39, CI 93, ML 0.12, MI 28, SL 0.20, SI 52, PW 0.25, AL 0.48 (1 measured). As holotype.
Materials Examined
Holotype worker, Madagascar: Prov. Fianarantsoa, 28 km. SSW Ambositra, Ankazomivady, 20 ° 46.5 ' S, 47 ° 10.1 ' E, 1670 m., 11. i. 1998, sifted litter, grassland, # 1620 (25) - 2 (B. L. Fisher) (MCZ). Paratype. 1 worker with same data as holotype (BMNH).
Diagnosis
S. tomaHNS forms a close species pair with dolabraHNS within the arnoldi-group. Characters distinguishing tomaHNS are discussed under dolabraHNS.
Taxon Treatment
- Bolton, B.; 2000: The ant tribe Dacetini. With a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 637-637. doi
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