family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Myrmicinae

genus

Strumigenys


ITIS

 

Strumigenys exilirhina

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Strumigenys exilirhina

FORMIS

 

Strumigenys exilirhina



species

Strumigenys exilirhina


Japanese Name

Kibabuto-uroko-ari

Original Reference

Bolton, B. (2000) The ant tribe Dacetini part 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 65: 492-1028.

Description

Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color brown. Mandibles rather short and stout, less than half as long as head; their outer margins weakly convex. Ventral outline of head rather strongly convex. Most parts of mesothorax and propodeum smooth. Infradental lamellae of propodeum thin, about half as broad as propodeal spines, lacking spongiform appendage.

Remarks

The species is similar to Strumigenys sp. 5 [Kibanaga-uroko-ari], but separable in having relatively short and curved mandibles. Corresponding to Strumigenys sp. D of Onoyama (1976). Nests in the soil of open land and sugar-cane fields.

Distribution

Okinawa I.

References

  • Onoyama, K. (1976). A preliminary study of the ant fauna of Okinawa-Ken, with taxonomic notes. (Japan: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Ecol. Stud. Nat. Cons. Ryukyu Isl., 2, 121-141.
  • Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (Ed.). (1988). A list of the ants of Japan with common Japanese names. The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Editor

Original text by Kazuo Ogata, Keiichi Onoyama and Mamoru Terayama. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura.