Strumigenys
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Strumigenys xenos is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host S. perplexa.[1]
Most species specialize in the hunt of springtails, and the others eat other soft-bodied arthropods.[2]
Distribution
Despite having many species occurring in temperate ecosystems, the genus is most diverse in the tropical rainforests around the world.[3] In those regions, Strumigenys is often an abundant component of the litter community.[4]
In terms of regional diversity, the known fauna of Strumigenys is distributed as follow: 139 species are known from the Afrotropical region, 60 from the Australasian region, 258 from the Indo-Australian region, 94 from the Malagasy region, 59 from the Nearctic region, 214 from the Neotropical region, 97 from the Oriental region, and 81 from the Palaearctic region.[5]
Selected species
The genus contains over 880 species.[6] They include:
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- Strumigenys abdera Fisher, 2000
- Strumigenys abdita Wesson & Wesson, 1939
- Strumigenys abditivata (Bolton, 2000)
- Strumigenys acarai Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010
- Strumigenys acheron (Bolton, 2000)
- Strumigenys actis Fisher, 2000
- Strumigenys acubecca (Brown, 1972)
- 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
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See also
Footnotes
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References
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- Smith, F. 1860. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Journal of Entomology 1: 65–84. PDF