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Strumigenys
Strumigenys abdera casent0005465 profile 1.jpg
Strumigenys abdera worker
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
F. Smith, 1860
Type species
Strumigenys mandibularis
F. Smith, 1860
Diversity
> 850 species
Synonyms

Strumigenys is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.

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 slow 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.

Distribution

Strumigenys is found throughout the tropics and subtropics. 18 species are known from Australia.

Selected species

The genus contains over 850 species. They include:

  • Strumigenys abdera Fisher, 2000
  • Strumigenys ayersthey Booher & Hoenle, 2021
  • Strumigenys bryanti Wheeler, 1919
  • Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
  • Strumigenys formosensis Forel, 1912
  • Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
  • Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000
  • Strumigenys hirsuta Tang et al., 2019
  • Strumigenys hispida Lin & Wu, 1996
  • Strumigenys indagatrix 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 metazytes Bolton, 2000
  • Strumigenys minutula Terayama & Kubota, 1989
  • Strumigenys nanzanensis Lin & Wu, 1996
  • Strumigenys perplexa (Smith, 1876)
  • Strumigenys solifontis Brown, 1949
  • Strumigenys tenuipilis Emery, 1915
  • Strumigenys tigris Brown, 1971
  • Strumigenys trada Lin & Wu, 1996
  • Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, 1922
  • Strumigenys wallacei Emery, 1897
  • Strumigenys xenos Brown, 1955


See also

  • List of Strumigenys species
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