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Stenamma lippulum
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Stenamma |
| Species: | S. lippulum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenamma lippulum (Nylander, 1849)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 46.533333° to 41.659722°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Israel, Russian Federation (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. |
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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.
- lippulum. Myrmica lippula Nylander, 1849: 41 (w.) RUSSIA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265).
- [Note: doubts are expressed about the validity of the lectotype designation, and the identity of the type-material, by Radchenko, 2007: 28.]
- Type-locality: Russia: “E Rossia meridionali” (V Motschulski).
- Type-depository: ZMHF.
- Smith, F. 1858a: 280 (q.); DuBois, 1993: 322 (w.q.m.).
- Combination in Tetramorium: Smith, F. 1858a: 279; Roger, 1859: 258; Mayr, 1861: 61 (in key);
- combination in Asemorhoptrum: Mayr, 1861: 76; André, 1874: 192;
- combination in Stenamma: Forel, 1889: 258.
- Junior synonym of westwoodii: Forel, 1889: 258; Lameere, 1892: 68; Dalla Torre, 1893: 121; Saunders, E. 1896: 35; Ruzsky, 1905b: 709; Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159; Forel, 1915d: 37 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1915d: 139; Emery, 1916b: 127; Emery, 1921f: 54; Müller, 1923b: 46; Betrem, 1926: 218; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 153; Karavaiev, 1934: 98; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139.
- Status as species: Nylander, 1856b: 88; Smith, F. 1857b: 39; Smith, F. 1858a: 279; Smith, F. 1858b: 118; Mayr, 1861: 61; Roger, 1863b: 27; Mayr, 1863: 395; Smith, F. 1871b: 3; Dours, 1873: 168; Forel, 1874: 80 (in key); André, 1874: 192 (in key); Emery, 1878b: 51; Emery & Forel, 1879: 460; Saunders, E. 1880: 217; DuBois, 1993: 321 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265; Radchenko, 2007: 28; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 44; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 737 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 160.
- Senior synonym of caucasicum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
- Senior synonym of hirtula: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
- Distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Russia.
- caucasicum. Stenamma caucasicum Arnol'di, 1975: 1823 (page number misprinted as 1283 in text), fig. 3a (w.q.) RUSSIA, GEORGIA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265), 11 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen.
- Type-locality: lectotype Russia: Caucasus, Krasnaya Polyana, viii.1933 (K. Arnol’di) (by restriction of DuBois, 1998b: 265); paralectotypes with same data.
- [Note: other original syntypes: workers, queens (numbers not stated, “a large series”) Russia: Krasnodar Krai (K. Arnol’di), workers (number not stated) Georgia: Dmanisi and Tsagveri (Zhizhilashvili).]
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- Status as species: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key).
- Junior synonym of lippulum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
- hirtula. Stenamma westwoodi var. hirtula Emery, 1898c: 135 (w.) AZERBAIJAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- [Note: lectotype designation by DuBois, 1998b: 265, is redundant as Emery states “one worker”.]
- Type-locality: Azerbaijan: Lenkoran (Korb).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Arnol'di, 1975: 1826 (m.).
- Subspecies of westwoodii: Ruzsky, 1905b: 710.
- Status as species: Emery, 1908c: 308; Emery, 1921f: 53; Arnol'di, 1928b: 208; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 45; Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list); Arnol'di, 1975: 1826; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key).
- Junior synonym of lippulum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
Description
References
- Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Sharma, Y. P. 2012. Two new species of Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalaya with a revised key to the Palaearctic and Oriental species. Sociobiology. 59:317-330.
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1975. A review of the species of the genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR and description of new species. Zool. Zh. 5 54: 1819-1829.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- DuBois, M. B. 1993. What's in a name? A clarification of Stenamma westwoodi, S. debile, and S. lippulum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 21: 299-334 (page 322, worker, queen, male described;page 321, Revived from synonymy, and senior synonym of caucasicum and hirtula)
- DuBois, M. B. 1998a. A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 29: 193-403 (page 265, see also)
- Forel, A. 1889 [1888]. Ameisen aus den Sporaden, den Cykladen und Griechenland, gesammelt 1887 von Herrn von Oertzen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 32: 255-265 (page 258, Combination in Stenamma, Junior synonym of westwoodii)
- Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. (page 76, Combination in Asemorhoptrum)
- Nylander, W. 1849 [1848]. Additamentum alterum adnotationum in monographiam formicarum borealium. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 3: 25-48 (page 41, worker described)
- Roger, J. 1859. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer. I. Berl. Entomol. Z. 3: 225-259 (page 258, Combination in Tetramorium)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Revision of an essay on the British Formicidae published in the Transactions of the Society. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (2) 4: 274-284 (page 280, queen described)
- Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
- Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
- Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen." Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar (Helsinki) 20 (1898): 124-151.
- Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte seconda. Formiche dell'Europa e delle regioni limitrofe in Africa e in Asia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 12 (1878): 43-59.
- 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.
- Nylander, W. "Synopsis des Formicides de France et d'Algérie." Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (4)5 (1856): 51-109.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.