Stenamma punctiventre
Stenamma punctiventre | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Stenamma |
Species: | S. punctiventre |
Binomial name | |
Stenamma punctiventre Emery, 1908 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.61175° to 32.249974°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.
- punctiventre. Stenamma punctiventre Emery, 1908c: 309 (q.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: holotype (?) queen.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier, viii.1896 (Vaucher).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1921f: 53; Santschi, 1923a: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285 (redescription); Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 737 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 161.
- Senior synonym of myops: Santschi, 1923a: 136; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285.
- Distribution: Morocco.
- myops. Theryella myops Santschi, 1921d: 68 (w.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Morocco: Rabat, 1920 (Théry).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Stenamma: Santschi, 1923a: 136.
- Junior synonym of punctiventre: Santschi, 1923a: 136; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285.
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.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Branstetter, M.G., Longino, J.T., Reyes- López, J.L., Brady, S.G., Schultz, T.R. 2022. Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants. Journal of Biogeography 00, 1-14 (doi:10.1111/jbi.14462).
- 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 285, see also)
- Emery, C. 1908d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 305-338 (page 309, queen described)
- Espadaler, X.; Hernando, C. 2012. Redécouverte de Stenamma punctiventre Emery au Maroc. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 28:33-36.
- Santschi, F. 1923a. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. 4ème note. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 133-137 (page 136, Senior synonym of myops)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
- Guillem R, and K. Bensusan. 2019. Two new species of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Europe, from southern Iberia. Rev. Soc. Gad. Hist. Nat. 13: 5-10.