Stigmacros major

Stigmacros major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Stigmacros
Species:	S. major
Binomial name
Stigmacros major McAreavey, 1957 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).

Species	Elevation (m asl)
	200	400	600	800	1000	1200
Stigmacros major		70-80	50-60
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded. Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Nomenclature

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

• major. Stigmacros (Cyrtostigmacros) major McAreavey, 1957: 39, figs. 128-130 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Stigmacros (Cyrtostigmacros) major McAreavey, 1957: Syntype, worker(s), Lamington Nat. Park (as National Park), Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Burwell, C.J., Nakamura, A. 2020. Rainforest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient at Eungella in the Clarke Range, Central Queensland coast, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 125: 43-63.
• McAreavey, J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 21: 7-64 (page 39, figs. 128-130 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Burwell C.J., and A. Nakamura. 2011. Distribution of ant speces along an altitudinal transect in continuous rainforest in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum -Nature 55(2): 391-411.
• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.