Strumigenys minutula

Strumigenys minutula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: S. minutula
Binomial name
Strumigenys minutula
Terayama & Kubota, 1989

Strumigenys minutula is a species of ant found in Japan and Taiwan.[1]

This is the smallest ant in its genus (workers less than 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length) and can be easily identified by size alone, as well as by characteristically short, strongly curved mandibles.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.


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