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Stigmacros spinosa
| Stigmacros spinosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Stigmacros |
| Species: | S. spinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmacros spinosa McAreavey, 1957
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Identification
Heterick (2009) - Stigmacros spinosa is variable in appearance, and WA material may include more than one species. A worker collected close to Eurardy Station, near Shark Bay, is yellow and more angulate in appearance compared with a reddish brown worker collected near Eucla. Another worker collected 60 km south of Kambalda varies again, and none of these ants quite matches the holotype (from NSW) held in the Melbourne Museum.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -31.56666946° to -31.56666946°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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. |
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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.
- spinosa. Stigmacros (Hagiostigmacros) spinosa McAreavey, 1957: 19, figs. 55-59 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA.
Type Material
- Stigmacros (Hagiostigmacros) spinosa McAreavey, 1957: Syntype, 4 workers, Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, Armstrong,J., ANIC32-017860, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Stigmacros (Hagiostigmacros) spinosa McAreavey, 1957: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206.
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- McAreavey, J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 21: 7-64 (page 19, figs. 55-59 worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.