Strumigenys elegantula
(Terayama & Kubota, 1989)
valid
Smithistruma elegantula
Terayama & Kubota, 1989:
788, figs. 23-27 (w.q.)
TAIWAN.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Puli, 12.vii.1982 (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: NIAS.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 56 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 22 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 32 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 20.viii.1987 (S. Kubota & H. Sakai), 2 paratype workers Taiwan: Kaohsiung Hsien, Liukuei, 17.viii.1987 (H. Sakai). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, NIAS, NSMT, OMNH, TARI.
- Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673.
- Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 119.
- Status as species: Wu & Wang, 1995a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 384; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 67; Terayama et al., 1996: 331; Bolton, 2000: 431 (redescription); Lin & Wu, 2003: 63; Xu & Zhou, 2004: 442 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 138; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Tang et al., 2019: 7; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 125.
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. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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.
- Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
- Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 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.
- Tang, K. L.; Pierce, M. P.; Guénard, B. 2019. Review of the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong with the description of three new species and the addition of five native and four introduced species records. ZooKeys 831:1-48. 10.3897/zookeys.831.31515 PDF
- 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.; Kubota, S. 1989. The ant tribe Dacetini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57:778-792. 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
- Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.
- 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