''Strumigenys trada'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...

that was discovered and described by Lin, C. C. & Wu, W. J. in 1996. This species is only known from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. It is similar to '' Strumigenys godeffroyi'' but is smaller and shinier, with smaller

eyes Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and c ...

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Myrmicinae Insects described in 1996 Endemic fauna of Taiwan Insects of Taiwan Hymenoptera of Asia {{myrmicinae-stub