Myrmicinae | JP-ANT

Strumigenys benten

Strumigenys benten Terayama, Lin ＆ Wu, 1996

Worker

Distinguishable from other species of the genus by its lightly arched, triangular-shaped mandibles, gently curved dorsum of mesosoma, scattered hairs on head and mesosoma, downward projecting anterior margin of clypeus, width of clypeus, gently curved posterior margin of head, and hairs on metapodial and hind tibiae.

Queen

Male

Gallery

References

Terayama, M., C.-C. Lin & W.-W. Wu. 1996. “Taiwanese species of the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).” Jpn. J. Ent., 64, 327-339.

Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M.L. 2007. “The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species.” Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”. 99:1-191.

Pheidole fervida

Pheidole fervida Smith, 1874

Minor Worker

The occipital margin of the head is flat and sculptured, and the mesonotum has a single hump.

Major Worker

Larger in size and distinctly different in shape from a minor worker, this soldier has relatively long scapes compared to other species in the genus.

Queen

Male

Gallery

References

Smith, F. 1874. “Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, &c. of Japan.” Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4) 7: 373-409.