Strumigenys emeryi Mann 1922

Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)

Differs from nevermanni in large convex foliaceous crest beneath propodeal spines; foliaceous crest on ventral margin of petiole large, irregular; dorsal pilosity on gaster varies from straight to long, thin, coachwhip-like. In contrast, nevermanni has foliaceous crest beneath propodeal spines thin, concave; foliaceous crest on ventral margin of petiole thin; dorsal pilosity on gaster straight to weakly curved, never long and coachwhip-like.

Strumigenys (Strumigenys) emeryi Mann, 1922 PDF: 37, fig. 18 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Neotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated; “Several small colonies were found in rotten logs”). Type-locality: syntypes Honduras: Ceiba, ii-iii. 1920, No. 24457 (W.M. Mann) (by restriction of Brown, 1959a: 97); syntypes Honduras: San Juan Pueblo, i-ii.1920, No. 24457 (W.M. Mann). Type-depositories: MCZC, USNM. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Brown, 1959a: 97 (redescription); Brown, 1962c PDF: 245; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 243; Bolton, 1995b: 396; Lattke & Goitía, 1997 PDF: 373 (in key); Bolton, 2000: 513 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 261.