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strumigenys

{{Short description|Genus of ants}}

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| image = Strumigenys abdera casent0005465 profile 1.jpg

| image_caption = Strumigenys abdera worker

| taxon = Strumigenys

| authority = F. Smith, 1860

| type_species = Strumigenys mandibularis

| type_species_authority = F. Smith, 1860

| diversity_link = #Selected species

| diversity = > 880 species

| diversity_ref = {{AntCat|429559|Strumigenys|2025|accessdate=18 March 2025}}

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Asketogenys Brown, 1972

Borgmeierita Brown, 1953

Cephaloxys Smith, F., 1865

Chelystruma Brown, 1950

Cladarogenys Brown, 1976

Codiomyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1916

Codioxenus Santschi, 1931

Dorisidris Brown, 1948

Dysedrognathus Taylor, 1968

Eneria Donisthorpe, 1948

Epitritus Emery, 1869

Glamyromyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Gymnomyrmex Borgmeier, 1954

Kyidris Brown, 1949

Labidogenys Roger, 1862

Miccostruma Brown, 1948

Neostruma Brown, 1948

Pentastruma Forel, 1912

Platystruma Brown, 1953

Polyhomoa Azuma, 1950

Proscopomyrmex Patrizi, 1946

Pyramica Roger, 1862

Quadristruma Brown, 1949

Serrastruma Brown, 1948

Smithistruma Brown, 1948

Tingimyrmex Mann, 1926

Trichoscapa Emery, 1869

Weberistruma Brown, 1948

Wessonistruma Brown, 1948

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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.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

Strumigenys xenos is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host S. 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 }}

Most species specialize in the hunt of springtails, and the others eat other soft-bodied arthropods.Australian Ants Online: [http://www.ento.csiro.au/science/ants/myrmicinae/strumigenys/strumigenys.htm Genus Strumigenys]

Distribution

Despite having many species occurring in temperate ecosystems, the genus is most diverse in the tropical rainforests around the world.{{cite journal |last1=Bolton |first1=Barry |title=Monophyly of the dacetonine tribe-group and its component tribes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology Series |date=1998 |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=65–78 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40885398 |access-date=21 February 2022}} In those regions, Strumigenys is often an abundant component of the litter community.{{cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=Thiago Sanches Ranzani |last2=Chaul |first2=Júlio Cezar Mário |last3=Feitosa |first3=Rodrigo Machado |title=Lectotype designation and redescription of four commonly collected Neotropical species of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |date=2022 |issue=798 |pages=103–126 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2022.798.1673|bibcode=2022EJTax.798.1673S }}

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.AntWiki: [https://antwiki.org/wiki/Strumigenys Genus Strumigenys]

Selected species

The genus contains over 880 species. They include:

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See also

Footnotes

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References

  • {{cite journal|journal=Chinese Journal of Entomology |volume=16 |year=1996 |title=Revision of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan |author1=Chung-Chi Lin |author2=Wen-Jer Wu |pages=137–152 |url=http://antbase.org/ants/publications/20244/20244.pdf}}
  • Smith, F. 1860. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Journal of Entomology 1: 65–84. [http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2594/2594.pdf PDF]

External links

  • {{Wikispecies-inline|Strumigenys|Strumigenys}}
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Category:Myrmicinae

Category:Ant genera

Category:Taxa named by Frederick Smith (entomologist)

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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