Stigmatomma

Last updated

Stigmatomma
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Stigmatomma
Roger, 1859
Type species
Stigmatomma denticulatum
Roger, 1859
Diversity [1]
53 species
Synonyms

ArotropusProvancher, 1881
BannaponeXu, 2000
LithomyrmexClark, 1928

Contents

Stigmatomma trigonignathum StigmatommaTrigonignathum.jpg
Stigmatomma trigonignathum

Stigmatomma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. [1] The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, Stigmatomma species are specialized predators. [2] First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym of Amblyopone until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology. [3]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Stigmatomma". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 21 Jan 2021.
  2. Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID   84797311.
  3. Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. (2012). Martin, Stephen J (ed.). "A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer". PLOS ONE. 7 (3) e33325. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733325Y. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033325 . PMC   3320654 . PMID   22496722.