Examples of smooth and shiny mesopleuron and metapleuron in S. nathistorisoc (A ANTWEB1016948, photographed by IBBL), and of sculptured mesopleuron and metapleuron in S. elegantula (B MAC_S04_LLSP_sp.9, photographed by Siu Yiu).

 
 
  Part of: Brassard F, Leong C-M, Chan H-H, Guénard B (2020) A new subterranean species and an updated checklist of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Macao SAR, China, with a key to species of the Greater Bay Area. ZooKeys 970: 63-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.970.54958