Stigmacros pusilla

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

Stigmacros pusilla is not uncommon in drier woodlands in the eastern wheatbelt of SWBP. At least one worker in the Curtin Ant Collection was taken while foraging on a tree-trunk.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.5° to -37.07500076°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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

Images from AntWeb

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Specimen code antweb1008346. .

Nomenclature

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

  • pusilla. Stigmacros (Stigmacros) pusilla McAreavey, 1957: 16, figs. 45-47 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
  • minor. Stigmacros (Stigmacros) minor McAreavey, 1957: 17, figs. 48-50 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Junior synonym of pusilla: Heterick, 2021: 18.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Taxonomic Notes

Heterick (2021): Stigmacros minor was separated from S. pusilla by McAreavey on supposed small differences in colour, scape length and gastral sculpture. These are trivial, and the two ants are here treated as synonyms, S. pusilla being the senior synonym.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Osunkoya O. O., C. Polo, and A. N. Andersen. 2011. Invasion impacts on biodiversity: response of ant communities to infestation by cat's claw creeper vine, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in subtropical Australia. Biol. Invasions 13: 2289-2302.