Strumigenys metazytes is a species of ant that has a distinct diastema on the basal portion of the mandibles with 4 sharp teeth and the species has small hairs.[1] The species was described by Bolton in 2000.
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Strumigenys metazytes worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Strumigenys |
Species: | S. metazytes
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Binomial name | |
Strumigenys metazytes (Bolton, 2000)
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Synonyms | |
Pyramica metazytes Bolton, 2000 |
References
edit- ^ Booher, Douglas B. (2021-11-04). "The ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in western North America North of Mexico". Zootaxa. 5061 (2): 201–248. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34810629.
External links
edit- Media related to Strumigenys metazytes at Wikimedia Commons
- Mississippi Entomological Museum