New data on the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sumatra

S.H. Musfira, M. Rafi, M. Gusti, D.H. Putri & R. Satria

Abstract. The hitherto unknown queen of the ant species Strumigenys datryx Bolton, 2000 is described. Five species of the ant genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 are newly recorded from Sumatra and illustrated: S. dohertyi Emery, 1897, S. edaragona Bolton, 2000, S. panopla Bolton, 2000, S. rotogenys Bolton, 2000, and S. sydorata Bolton, 2000. A list of 36 species of Strumigenys recorded from Sumatra is provided.
Key words: ants, dealate queen, Sumatra, Indonesia, Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Strumigenys, new records

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2022, 31(1): 74-86  ▪  Published online 3 June 2022


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.74  ▪  Open full article  

Electronic supplementary material

References

AntWeb. Version 8.75.4 [online]. 2022. California Academy of Science. https://www.antweb.org [viewed 19 May 2022].

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 “Giacomo Doria”, 99: 1–191.

Bharti H. & Akbar S.A. 2013. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and five new records including a tramp species from India. Sociobiology, 60: 387–396. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.387-396

Bolton B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 46: 267–416.

Bolton B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of natural History, 33(11): 1639–1689. https://doi.org/10.1080/002229399299798

Bolton B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 65: 1–1028.

Bolton B. 2022. AntCat. An online catalog of the ants of the World [online]. https://antcat.org [viewed 13 April 2022].

Brown W.L., Jr. 1948. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 74: 101–129.

Brown W.L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. American Midland Naturalist, 50: 1–137. https://doi.org/10.2307/2422158

Brown W.L., Jr. 2000. Diversity of ants. In: Agosti D., Majer J., Alonso L.E. & Schultz T.R. (Eds). Ants: standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Biological diversity handbook series: 45–79. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Category:Strumigenys [online]. AntWiki: the ants --- online. 2021. https://antwiki.org/wiki/Category:Strumigenys [viewed 5 May 2021].

Dejean A. 1991. Gathering of nectar and exploitation of Aphididae by Smithistruma emarginata (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Biotropica, 23: 207–208. https://doi.org/10.2307/2388310

Eguchi K., Bui T.V., Yamane S., Okido H. & Ogata K. 2004. Ant faunas of Ba Vi and Tam Dao, North Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, 27: 77–98.

Emery C. 1897. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek, 20: 571–599.

Emery C. 1900. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 40: 661–722. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.9035

Emery C. 1924. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae [concl.]. Genera insectorum, (1922), 174C: 207–397.

Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 22: 1–26.

Forel A. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuβ. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911–1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 36: 1–148. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1491

General D.M. & Alpert G.D. 2012. A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines. ZooKeys, 200: 1–111. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.200.2447

Guénard B. & Dunn R.R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa, 3558: 1–77. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3558.1.1

Guénard B., Weiser M., Gomez K., Narula N. & Economo E.P. 2017. The Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) database: a synthesis of ant species geographic distributions. Myrmecological News, 24: 83–89.

Hölldobler B. & Wilson E.O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 732 p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10306-7

Herwina H., Sakamaki Y., Satria R. & Janra M.N. 2020. Ground-dwelling ants species diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at conservation forest and oil-palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of entomological Research, 44(1): 113–120. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-4576.2020.00021.3

Jaitrong W. 2011. Identification guide to the ant genera of Thailand. Pathum Thani: Thailand National Science Museum Press. 115 p.

Karavaiev V. 1935. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia, 15: 57–118.

Khachonpisitsak S., Yamane S., Sriwichai P. & Jaitrong W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys, 998: 1–182. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.998.54902

Menozzi C. 1939. Qualche nuova formica di Sumatra. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 82: 175–181.

Mustafa N.A., Salim H.M.W., Fletcher C., Kassim A.R. & Potts M.D. 2011. Taxonomic and functional diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in an upper hill dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59(2): 181–194.

Pfeiffer M., Mezger D., Hosoishi S., Bakhtiar E.Y. & Kohout R.J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology, 4: 9–58.

Philpott S.M., Bichier P., Rice R.A. & Greenberg R. 2008. Biodiversity conservation, yield, and alternative products in coffee agroecosystems in Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17: 1805–1820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9267-2

Santschi F. 1928. Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 71: 119–140.

Satria R. & Herwina H. 2020. New distribution record of ants species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to the fauna of Sumatra island, Indonesia. International Conference on Biology, Sciences and Education (ICoBioSE 2019). Advances in Biological Sciences Research, 10: 82–84. Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.200807.020

Satria R. & Jannatan R. 2021. Dealate queens of the ant genus Eurhopalothrix Brown et Kempf, 1961 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Far Eastern Entomologist, 430: 11–16. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.430.3

Satria R., Kurushima H., Herwina H., Yamane S. & Eguchi K. 2015. The trap-jaw ant genus Odontomachus Latreille from Sumatra, with a new species description. Zootaxa, 4048: 1–36. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.1

Satria R., Viet B.T. & Eguchi K. 2017. New synonymy and redescription of Anochetus mixtus Radchenko, 1993, and distinction from the other members of the Anochetus rugosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Asian Myrmecology, 9: 1–16.

Satria R. & Yamane S.K. 2019. Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(1): 183–193. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2019.28.1.183

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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.831.31515

Terayama M., Kubota S. & Eguchi K. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten. 278 p.

Wilson E.O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology, 40: 437–447. https://doi.org/10.2307/1929761

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.

Yamane S., Bui T.V., Ogata K., Okido H. & Eguchi K. 2002. Ant fauna of Cuc Phuong National Park, North Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, 25: 51–62.

Zryanin V.A. 2013. Ecological and geographical features of ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on the Da Lat plateau, Vietnam. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 84(2): 39–52. (In Russian with English summary). https://doi.org/10.47640/1605-7678_2013_84_2_39

Volume, Year:
Vol. 34. 2025
Vol. 33. 2024
Vol. 32. 2023
Vol. 31. 2022
Vol. 30. 2021
Vol. 29. 2020
Vol. 28. 2019
Vol. 27. 2018
Vol. 26. 2017
Vol. 25. 2016
Vol. 24. 2015
Vol. 23. 2014
Vol. 22. 2013
Vol. 21. 2012
Vol. 20. 2011
Vol. 19. 2010
Vol. 18. 2009
Vol. 17. 2008
Vol. 16. 2007
Vol. 15. 2006
Vol. 14. 2005
Vol. 13. 2004
Vol. 12. 2003
Vol. 11. 2002
Vol. 10. 2001
Vol. 9. 2000
Vol. 8. 1999
Vol. 7. 1998
Vol. 6. 1997
Vol. 5. 1996
Vol. 4. 1995
Vol. 3. 1994
Vol. 2. 1993
Vol. 1. 1992
Supplementa:
Suppl. 3. 2020
Suppl. 2. 2018