Strumigenys rogeri Emery
  Type location Antilles Is.,
St. Thomas I. (Strumigenys Rogeri
n. sp., Emery, 1890b: 68, illustrated, worker; Forel, 1893g:
378, queen) - see below
junior synonyms
incisa (Strumigenys
incisa Godfrey, 1907: 102,
worker) from Great Britain (hothouse) - no images on Antweb (February 2015)
sulfurea (Struigenys
sulfurea n. sp., Santschi, 1915c: 261, worker) from Gabon,
Samkita, by F. Faure - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912862
See Bolton (1995). A pan-global tramp species  .
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  Emery's (1890b) description is at  . Santschi's (1915c) description of sulfurea,
gives TL as 1.6 mm -  . Brown (1954k: 20ff) gave notes; these are
at  and  . Bolton's modern description (1983) is at  .
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 WORKER
- TL 2.3-2.8 mm; strongly developed pre-ocular notch extending on to
ventral surface of head; simple dentition, long straight mandibles;
long antennal scapes; upper scrobe margins indented and no flange;
Colour dull yellow to light medium brown (Bolton, 1983: 387,
illustrated full-face view and head profile).
Note African specimens are much darker. Emery gave the colour as "testacea",
testaceous = reddish-brown or brownish-yellow hue of bricks.
The photomontage of the holotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102080.
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From Nigeria, listed by Bolton (1983) as a
species which
he collected at CRIN.
Ghana records include CRIG (B. Bolton; D.
Leston). Since described as widespread, from their leaf litter samples
(177 workers from 6 sites) in the semi-deciduous forest zone by Belshaw
& Bolton (1994b).
Ivory Coast records included Bingerville,
Issoneu, Languédédou and Tai Forest (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret);
Man, Sangouine and Sassandra (I. Löbl), Divo (L. Brader), Banco Forest
and Nzi Noua (W.L. & D.E. Brown) (Bolton, 1983).
In Cameroun, at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson) and
near Yaoundé (G. Terron); also from Gabon, Angola, and Burundi (Bolton,
1983).
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Strumigenys rogeri
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 175
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8.vi-20.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Pongara Base;
winkler funnel
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Strumigenys rogeri
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 223
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27.vi-10.vii.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Leaf litter, winkler
funnel
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Gabon, Pongara National
Park, Camp Base; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 175), 2006.
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