Strumigenys Smith, F.

Ivanov, Kaloyan, Hightower, Liberty, Dash, Shawn T. & Keiper, Joe B., 2019, 150 years in the making: first comprehensive list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Virginia, USA, Zootaxa 4554 (2), pp. 532-560 : 545-546

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Strumigenys Smith, F. View in CoL

abdita Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R. G. Madison, York (JTLC, VMNH). Literature records: Albemarle ( Brown 1964, Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Smith, D.R. 1979, Coovert 2005, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

clypeata Roger. Suffolk, Sussex (VMNH), “ Virginia ” (MCZ). Literature records: Bland, Page, Tazewell ( Smith, M.R. 1955, Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

creightoni Smith, M.R. Giles, York (LACM, VMNH). Literature records: Giles ( Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012, Deyrup 2016).

* dietrichi Smith, M.R. City of Suffolk, South Quay Natural Area Preserve, 36.57571° N, - 76.90562° W, 7 m, 8.iv.2016, RS Anderson & AV Evans leg., Winkler litter extraction, turkey oak and pine litter, pine barrens (VMNH).

* hyalina (Bolton). Fairfax: Turkey Run, Ind # 38, M Talbot leg. (USNM).

laevinasis Smith, M.R. Franklin, Shenandoah (DBBC, VMNH). Literature records: Loudoun ( Brown 1953, Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Smith, D.R. 1979, Coovert 2005, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012, Deyrup 2016).

louisianae Roger. Chesapeake, Hampton, Henry View in CoL , Isle of Wight, Newport News, Northampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, York (STDC, VMNH). Literature records: “ Virginia ” ( Brown 1962, Wetterer 2014).

*, E margaritae Forel. Chesapeake: Northwest River Park and Campground, 36.58559° N, - 76.16448° W, 22 m, 31.viii.2017, K Ivanov leg., KI2929, Winkler litter extraction, sifted litter and decayed wood, mixed mesic forest edge adjacent to an open grass field, D. Booher det. July 2018 ( VMNH) .

E membranifera Emery. Literature records: Norfolk ( Wetterer 2011b), “ Virginia ” ( Guenard et al. 2012).

* memorialis (Deyrup). Chesapeake: Northwest River Park and Campground, 36.58633° N, - 76.16529° W, 20 m, 25.iv.2016, JB Keiper leg., Winkler litter extraction, mixed mesic forest edge (VMNH).

Until now, this rare species was known only from the type series collected by Mark and Stephen Deyrup at Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, although from a rather different type of habitat ( Deyrup 1998). Recently Doug Booher has discovered a single North Carolina specimen among S. missouriensis materials at MCZ (D. Booher pers. comm. to K. Ivanov).

* metazytes (Bolton). Chesapeake: Northwest River Park and Campground, 36.58298° N, - 76.16363° W, 26 m, 25.iv.2016, JB Keiper leg., Winkler litter extraction, mixed mesic forest; Northwest River Park and Campground, 36.58559° N, - 76.16448° W, 22 m, 31.viii.2017, K Ivanov leg., KI2929, Winkler litter extraction, sifted litter and decayed wood, mixed mesic forest edge adjacent to an open grass field (VMNH).

missouriensis Smith, M.R. Fairfax (USNM). Literature records: Fairfax ( Smith, M.R. 1931, Brown 1953, Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Smith, D.R. 1979, Coovert 2005, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

ohioensis Kennedy & Schramm. Augusta, Caroline, Fairfax, Fauquier, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Isle of Wight, Lee, Madison, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, Prince William, Scott, Suffolk, Sussex, York (FMNH, JTLC, MCZ, VMNH). Literature records: Clarke, Fairfax, Virginia Beach ( Brown 1953, Kjar & Barrows 2004, Kjar 2009, Guenard & Drew 2011, Kjar & Park 2016, Booher et al. 2017), “ Virginia ” ( Bolton 2000, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

ornata Mayr. Augusta, Caroline, Chesapeake, Frederick, Halifax, Hanover, Henry, Isle of Wight, Madison, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Prince Edward, Prince William, Scott, Southampton, Suffolk, Sussex, Virginia Beach, York (DBBC, JTLC, VMNH). Literature records: “ just across the Potomac River from Washington ” ( Brown 1953), “ Virginia ” ( Bolton 2000, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012, Deyrup 2016).

pergandei Emery. Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Pulaski View in CoL (FMNH, INHS, MCZ, USNM, VMNH), “ Virginia ” (MCZ). Literature records: Fairfax, Pulaski ( Smith, M.R. 1931, Brown 1953, Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Kennedy & Schramm 1933, Creighton 1950, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012). pilinasis Forel. Caroline, Hampton, Henry, Mecklenburg, Suffolk, Sussex, Virginia Beach (DBBC, STDC, VMNH). Literature records: “ Virginia ” ( Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

pulchella Emery. Essex, Fairfax, Madison, Mecklenburg, Sussex (JTLC, USNM, VMNH). Literature records: Fairfax ( Bolton 2000), “ Virginia ” ( Brown 1953, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

reflexa Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R. G. Fairfax, Shenandoah (DBBC, USNM). Literature records: “ Virginia ” ( Brown 1953).

rostrata Emery. Chesapeake, Essex, Fairfax, Halifax, Hanover, Henry, Isle of Wight, King George, Madison, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Prince William, Scott, Shenandoah, Southampton, Suffolk, Sussex, Virginia Beach, York (JTLC, STDC, USNM, VMNH), “ 15 mi. N of Newport News ” (INHS). Literature records: Arlington, Fairfax, Virginia Beach ( Smith, M.R. 1931, Bolton 2000, Kjar & Barrows 2004, Kjar 2009, Guenard & Drew 2011, Kjar & Park 2016), “ Virginia ” ( Brown 1953, Deyrup & Cover 2009, Guenard et al. 2012).

* talpa Weber. Suffolk: South Quay Natural Area Preserve, 36.57571° N, - 76.90562° W, 7 m, 8.iv.2016, RS Anderson & AV Evans leg., Winkler litter extraction, turkey oak and pine litter, pine barrens; South Quay Natural Area Preserve, 36.56195° N, - 76.90832° W, 7 m, 8.iv.2016, RS Anderson & AV Evans leg., Winkler litter extraction, turkey oak and pine litter, pine barrens; South Quay Natural Area Preserve, 36.61032° N, - 76.90390° W, 12 m, 30.ix.2017, K Ivanov leg., KI2950, Winkler litter extraction, successional scrub oak-pine forest, pine barrens (VMNH); Surry: Spring Grove, 368 Spring Grove Road, 37.17351° N, - 76.96766° W, 29 m, 19.x.2018, E Moore leg., Winkler litter extraction, pine litter (VMNH).

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