Stenamma sogdianum

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Stenamma sogdianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Stenamma
Species: S. sogdianum
Binomial name
Stenamma sogdianum
Arnol'di, 1975

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • sogdianum. Stenamma sogdianum Arnol'di, 1975: 1824, figs. 2a, 5c (w.) UZBEKISTAN.
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 284), 18 paralectotype workers.
    • Type-locality: lectotype Uzbekistan: Takhta-Karacha Pass, nr Aman-Kutan, S Samarkand, 1700 m., 28.v.1942 (K. Arnol’di); paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: ZMUM.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 394; DuBois, 1998b: 282 (redescription); Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 739 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 329 (in key).
    • Distribution: Uzbekistan.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
  • Liu X., and Z. H. Xu. 2011. Three New Species of the Ant Genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya and the Hengduan Mountains With a Revised Key to the Known Species of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Sociobiology 58: 733-748.