Biology:Strumigenys lacunosa

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Short description: Species of ant

Strumigenys lacunosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Strumigenys
Species:
S. lacunosa
Binomial name
Strumigenys lacunosa
Lin & Wu, 1996

Strumigenys lacunosa is a species of reddish-brown ant up to 3.4 mm in length. It is endemic to Taiwan.[1]

This species can be distinguished from all congeners by the ornate lacunose sculpturing on the head, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole which gives the ant its specific name.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lin, Chung-Chi; Wu, Wen-Jer (1996). "Revision of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan". Chinese Journal of Entomology 16: 137–152. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7625352 entry