Fulakora gnoma

Fulakora gnoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Fulakora
Species:	F. gnoma
Binomial name
Fulakora gnoma (Taylor, 1979) Specimen labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• gnoma. Amblyopone gnoma Taylor, 1979: 829, figs. 13-16 (w.q.) SOLOMON IS (Guadalcanal I.).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker, 3 paratype queens.
  • Type-locality: holotype Solomon Is: Guadalcanal I., Kukum-Mt Austen Road, 10.viii.1966, acc. 23445 (P.J.M. Greenslade); paratypes: 1 worker Mt Austen, 28.iii.1966, acc.22470 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 1 queen Mt Austen, 4.x.1966, acc. 11640 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 1 queen Mt Austen, iii.1966, acc. 21296 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 1 queen Mt Malukuna, 3000 ft, 9.iv.1966, acc. 22662 (P.J.M. Greenslade).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, MCZC (paratypes).
  • Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
  • combination in Fulakora: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 62; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
  • Distribution: Solomon Is.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)
• Taylor, R.W. 1979. Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone. Australian Journal of Zoology 26 (1978): 823-839. [24.i.1979.](page 829, figs. 13-16 worker , queen described)
• Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 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 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
• Taylor R. W. 1978. Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 26: 823-839.