Strumigenys xenos

{{short description|Species of ant}}

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| image = Strumigenys xenos casent0178223 profile 1.jpg

| image_caption = S. xenos dealate queen

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Social Insects Specialist Group |date=1996 |title=Strumigenys xenos |volume=1996 |page=e.T20941A9237797 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20941A9237797.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Strumigenys xenos

| authority = Brown, 1955

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Strumigenys xenos is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host Strumigenys perplexa.{{cite journal |last1=Taylor |first1=R.W. |title=The Australian workerless inquiline ant Strumigenys xenos Brown (Hymenoptera-Formicidae) recorded from New Zealand. |journal=New Zealand Entomologist |date=1968 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=47–49 |doi=10.1080/00779962.1968.9722888|bibcode=1968NZEnt...4...47T }} It is found in Australia and New Zealand. Its IUCN Red List status was last updated in 01 August 1996, and could be outdated.