Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr

Lin, C. C. & Wu, W. J., 1996, Revision of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan., Chinese Journal of Entomology 16, pp. 137-152 : 143-144

Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr (Figs. 4, 10)

Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr , 1866. Sber. Akad. wiss. Wien 53: 516.

Strumigenys godeffroyi var. indica Forel, 1902. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 243.

Strumigenys godeffroyi var. butteli Forel, 1913. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 83.

Material examined. ILAN HSIEN: Fushan, 1 female, 59 workers, 10.X.1992, CCL; 3 females, 67 workers, 6.XI.1992, CCL; 3 females, 38 workers, 6.XI.1992. CCL; 2 females, 42 workers, 6.XI.1992, CCL; 1 female, 63 workers, 6.XI.1992, CCL; 1 worker, 10.V1I.1993. CCL; 2 fema- les, 24 workers, 27. U. 1994, CCL; 1 female. 38 workers, 1.111.1994, CCL. NANTOU HSIEN: Huisunlinchang, 1 female, 14. XI. 1992, CCL. TAIPEI HSIEN: Chuchih, 2 workers, 13.VI.1992, CCL; 12 workers, 13. VI.1992, CCL; Hsintien, 2 workers. 4.V.1992, CCL; Wulai, 1 worker, 2.X.1992. CCL; Yinhotung, 2 females, 35 workers, 24.V11.1992, CCL.

Distribution: Fiji, Hawaiian Is.. N. Australia, New Guinea, Philippine Is., S. India, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sunda Is., Taiwan (new record), Tonga, Vanuatu.

Remarks: This species resembles S. lewisi Cameron from Japan, Korea, China and Burma. S. solifontis Brown , and S. liukueiensis Terayama & Kubota from Taiwan in general appearance. However, it is distinguished from the latter 3 by the dorsum of promesonotum with 2 pairs of long flagellate hairs (Fig. 10). This is the 1st record of this species from Taiwan and is the northern limit in distribution of this species. This species is widely distributed from Australia through Ocea- nia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, to South Asia.