Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890 )

Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 907, pp. 1-144 : 50

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBE82908-1221-4774-A934-6219D19AA545

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10513150

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C265F073-FF9B-FFBD-2B60-0F728B3E41FF

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scientific name

Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890 )
status

 

Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890)

Fig. 17A–C View Fig ; Table 2 View Table 2

Epitritus emmae Emery, 1890: 70 , pl. 8 fig. 6 (w.) ANTILLES. Neotropic.

Epitritus clypeatus Szabó, 1909: 27 View Cited Treatment , fig. 1 (synonymized by Brown, 1949a: 48).

Epitritus clypeatus var. malesiana Forel, 1913: 83 (synonymized by Brown, 1949a: 48).

Epitritus wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1916: 121 (synonymized by Brown, 1949a: 48).

Quadristruma emmae – Brown 1949: 48.

Strumigenys emmae – Bolton 1999: 1674.

Material examined

THAILAND – Bueng Kan Province • 4 workers; Site 88; 17.84684° N, 103.93899° E; 179 m a.s.l.; 20 Jun. 2018; IBBL members legs.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL ANTWEB1011939 GoogleMaps 1 queen; Site 92; 17.84931° N, 103.93221° E; 173 m a.s.l.; 20 Jun. 2018; IBBL members leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL GoogleMaps . – Trang Province • 3 workers; Khao Chong, Site 24; 7.25533° N, 99.71729° E; 29 Dec. 2018; IBBL members leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL GoogleMaps .

VIETNAM – Đỗng Nai Province • 1 worker; Cat Tien National Park ; 11.36605° N, 107.49292° E; 170 m a.s.l.; 7 Jun. 2018; IBBL members leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL GoogleMaps 1 worker; Cat Tien National Park ; 11.37042° N, 107.50924° E; 175 m a.s.l.; 7 Jun. 2018; IBBL members leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL GoogleMaps .

Geographic range

Native: Australia.

Introduced: Oriental realm ( India; Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra; Malaysia; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Taiwan; Thailand: Beung Kan, Trang; Vietnam), Sino-Japanese realm (mainland China: Hong Kong, Macau; Japan: Daito Islands, Okinawa, Ogasawara Islands). For a full global account refer to antmaps.org ( Janicki et al. 2016; Guénard et al. 2017).

New record for Thailand.

Ecology

Collected in rubber plantations in both Thailand and Vietnam.

Comments

A widespread tramp species present in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the globe, including Malaysia and Vietnam. Its record in Thailand was expected. Its presence in Laos and Cambodia, as well as Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces of mainland China is likely.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Strumigenys

Loc

Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890 )

Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit 2023
2023
Loc

Strumigenys emmae

Bolton B. 1999: 1674
1999
Loc

Quadristruma emmae

Brown W. L. Jr. 1949: 48
1949
Loc

Epitritus wheeleri

Brown W. L. Jr. 1949: 48
Donisthorpe H. 1916: 121
1916
Loc

Epitritus clypeatus var. malesiana

Brown W. L. Jr. 1949: 48
Forel A. 1913: 83
1913
Loc

Epitritus clypeatus Szabó, 1909: 27

Brown W. L. Jr. 1949: 48
Szabo J. 1909: 27
1909
Loc

Epitritus emmae

Emery C. 1890: 70
1890
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