Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863

Booher, Douglas B., 2021, The ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in western North America North of Mexico, Zootaxa 5061 (2), pp. 201-248 : 227

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5649556
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scientific name	Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
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Distribution. USA to Argentina; widespread in eastern USA from Florida to New York and west to Missouri; in western USA occurs in Oklahoma and Texas.

Comments. Strumigenys louisianae has one of the largest continuous native ranges of any Strumigenys species , from South America through Mexico and into the USA. In the USA, it is the most commonly encountered long mandible trap-jaw species north of Florida ( Deyrup & Cover 2009; Booher unpublished data). It was first recorded in Oklahoma with a collection near the city of McCurtain in the southwestern Ozark Mountains ( Wheeler & Wheeler 1989). All specimens I have examined from Arizona were mistakenly identified and corrected to be S. mixta .

Material examined: USA, Texas, Trinity Co., Davy Crockett National Forest , 31.298061, -95.102841, 109 m, 10 Jun 2004, 1 worker, coll. S. Clarke, DC2-Trap 1, (casent0799638)[ DBBC] GoogleMaps .

References

Deyrup, M. & Cover, S. (2009) Dacetine Ants in Southeastern North America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Southeastern Naturalist, 8 (2), 191 - 212.

Roger, J. (1863) Die neu aufgefuhrten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Erganzung einiger fruher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 7, 131 - 214.

Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. (1989) A checklist of the ants of Oklahoma. Prairie Naturalist, 21, 203 - 210.