Stigmatomma pluto

Stigmatomma pluto
Stigmatomma pluto male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Stigmatomma
Species:	S. pluto
Binomial name
Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)
Synonyms [1]
Amblyopone pluto Gotwald & Levieux

Stigmatomma pluto is a species of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The species was first described as Amblyopone pluto by Gotwald and Levieux in 1972 ^[2] and moved to the genus Stigmatomma in 2012. ^[3]

Stigmatomma pluto is endemic to the unburned savannas of central Ivory Coast. ^[2]

References

1. "Stigmatomma pluto". Hymenoptera Name Server, version 1.5. Ohio State University. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
2. Gotwald, W. H.; Levieux, J. (March 1972). "Taxonomy and biology of a new West African ant belonging to the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65 (2): 383–396. doi:10.1093/aesa/65.2.383 . Retrieved 19 January 2014.
3. Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. (March 29, 2012). "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.

External links

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   Media related to Stigmatomma pluto at Wikimedia Commons
• "Stigmatomma pluto". An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World. AntCat. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• "Stigmatomma pluto - Images". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• Bolton, Barry (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-61514-4 . Retrieved 19 January 2014. at antwiki.org