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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Miniature Trap-jaw Ants (Strumigenys) » Strumigenys pulchella

Species Strumigenys pulchella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Genus Strumigenys (Miniature Trap-jaw Ants)
Species pulchella (Strumigenys pulchella)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strumigenys pulchella Emery, 1895
Identification
Flagellate apiscrobal hair is diagnostic within the pulchella group. This is the wiry thin hair sticking out the side of the face at the top of the antennal scrobes, highlighted in green here:
Range
Eastern US and Canada
Habitat
Cryptic soil dweller. Also found in rotten wood and old fallen nuts.
Food
Springtails and small arthropods
Internet References
AntWiki
Contributed by Steven Wang on 4 August, 2019 - 12:35am
Last updated 4 August, 2019 - 1:35am

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