Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863

Booher, Douglas B., 2021, The ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in western North America North of Mexico, Zootaxa 5061 (2), pp. 201-248 : 227

Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863

Distribution. USA to Argentina; widespread in eastern USA from Florida to New York and west to Missouri; in western USA occurs in Oklahoma and Texas.

Comments. Strumigenys louisianae has one of the largest continuous native ranges of any Strumigenys species , from South America through Mexico and into the USA. In the USA, it is the most commonly encountered long mandible trap-jaw species north of Florida ( Deyrup & Cover 2009; Booher unpublished data). It was first recorded in Oklahoma with a collection near the city of McCurtain in the southwestern Ozark Mountains ( Wheeler & Wheeler 1989). All specimens I have examined from Arizona were mistakenly identified and corrected to be S. mixta .

Material examined: USA, Texas, Trinity Co., Davy Crockett National Forest , 31.298061, -95.102841, 109 m, 10 Jun 2004, 1 worker, coll. S. Clarke, DC2-Trap 1, (casent0799638)[ DBBC] .