Strumigenys benten
(Terayama et al., 1996)
valid
Smithistruma benten
Terayama et al., 1996:
329, figs. 1-5, 20 (w.q.)
TAIWAN.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Lienhuachih, 12.xi.1992 (C.-C. Lin). Primary type depository: NIAS.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 58 paratype workers, 6 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 30 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Taping-Meitzulin, ca 510 m., 30.vii.1988 (M. Terayama), 6 paratype workers Japan: Okinawa Pref., Ryukyu Is, Iriomote-jima I., 30.iii.1991 (M. Terayama), 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Japan: Mie Pref., Yokkaichi-shi, 21.iv.1987 (A. Amagasu), 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Mie Pref., Komono-machi, xii.1989 (M. Terayama), 6 paratype workers Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku 30.vi.1986 (M. Terayama), paratype workers Tokyo, Nakano-ku, 19.viii.1980 (S. Kubota). Secondary type depositories: NIAS, NSMT, NTUT, TARI.
- Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673.
- Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 116.
- Status as species: Ogata & Onoyama, 1998: 278; Touyama, 1998: 1; Bolton, 2000: 431 (redescription); Imai et al., 2003: 107; Lin & Wu, 2003: 63; Xu & Zhou, 2004: 441 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 138.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 99:1-191. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 33:1639-1689. PDF
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
- Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
- Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
- Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K. 1998. A revision of the ant genus Smithistruma Brown of Japan, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 1:277-287.
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
- Terayama, M.; Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 1996. The Taiwanese species of the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Japanese Journal of Entomology 64:327-339. PDF
- Touyama, Y. 1998. Report on the interesting variation of Smithistruma benten in the vicinity of Hiroshima City. Edaphologia 61:1-5.
- Xu, Z.-H.; Zhou, X.-G. 2004. Systematic study on the ant genus Pyramica Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29:440-450. PDF