Biology
''Strumigenys'' form small nests in soil, under or between rocks, or in and under logs or under cattle dung. Some species nest in association with other ants such as '' Bothriomyrmex mayri'' or '' Rhytidoponera metallica''. Although they are normally slow moving, they can run quickly when disturbed. ''Strumigenys xenos'' is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host ''S. perplexa''. Most species specialize in the hunt ofDistribution
Despite having many species occurring in temperate ecosystems, the genus is most diverse in the tropical rainforests around the world. In those regions, ''Strumigenys'' is often an abundant component of the litter community. In terms of regional diversity, the known fauna of ''Strumigenys'' is distributed as follow: 139 species are known from the Afrotropical region, 60 from the Australasian region, 258 from the Indo-Australian region, 94 from the Malagasy region, 59 from the Nearctic region, 214 from the Neotropical region, 97 from the Oriental region, and 81 from the Palaearctic region.AntWikiSelected species
The genus contains over 880 species. They include: * '' Strumigenys abdera'' Fisher, 2000 * '' Strumigenys abdita'' Wesson & Wesson, 1939 * '' Strumigenys abditivata'' (Bolton, 2000) * '' Strumigenys acarai'' Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 * '' Strumigenys acheron'' (Bolton, 2000) * '' Strumigenys actis'' Fisher, 2000 * '' Strumigenys acubecca'' (Brown, 1972) * '' Strumigenys ayersthey'' Booher & Hoenle, 2021 * '' Strumigenys bryanti'' Wheeler, 1919 * '' Strumigenys emmae'' Emery, 1890 * '' Strumigenys formosensis'' Forel, 1912 * '' Strumigenys godeffroyi'' Mayr, 1866 * '' Strumigenys heteropha'' Bolton, 2000 * '' Strumigenys hirsuta'' Tang et al., 2019 * '' Strumigenys hispida'' Lin & Wu, 1996 * '' Strumigenys indagatrix'' Wheeler, 1919 * '' Strumigenys lacunosa'' Lin & Wu, 1996 * '' Strumigenys lanuginosa'' Wheeler, 1905 * '' Strumigenys lichiaensis'' Lin & Wu, 1996 * '' Strumigenys liukueiensis'' Terayama & Kubota, 1989 * '' Strumigenys mandibularis'' Smith, 1860 * '' Strumigenys metazytes'' Bolton, 2000 * '' Strumigenys minutula'' Terayama & Kubota, 1989 * '' Strumigenys nanzanensis'' Lin & Wu, 1996 * '' Strumigenys perplexa'' (Smith, 1876) * '' Strumigenys solifontis'' Brown, 1949 * '' Strumigenys tenuipilis'' Emery, 1915 * '' Strumigenys tigris'' Brown, 1971 * '' Strumigenys trada'' Lin & Wu, 1996 * '' Strumigenys trinidadensis'' Wheeler, 1922 * '' Strumigenys wallacei'' Emery, 1897 * '' Strumigenys xenos'' Brown, 1955See also
* List of Strumigenys speciesFootnotes
References
* * Smith, F. 1860. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Journal of Entomology 1: 65–84External links
* * Myrmicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Frederick Smith (entomologist) Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{myrmicinae-stub