Strumigenys

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Strumigenys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Dacetini
Genus: Strumigenys
F. Smith, 1860
Diversity
> 450 species
Type species
Strumigenys mandibularis
F. Smith, 1860
Species

See text.

Strumigenys is a genus of myrmicine ants in the tribe Dacetini.

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[edit] 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 is always found 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]

[edit] Distribution

Strumigenys is found worldwide in the tropics and subtropics. 18 species are known from Australia.[1]

[edit] Selected species

  • Strumigenys bryanti Wheeler, 1919
  • Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
  • Strumigenys indigatrix Wheeler, 1919
  • Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, 1905
  • Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, 1860
  • Strumigenys perplexa (Smith, 1876)
  • Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, 1922
  • Strumigenys wallacei Emery, 1897
  • Strumigenys xenos Brown, 1955

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Australian Ants Online

[edit] References

[edit] 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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