Stigmacros termitoxena

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Stigmacros termitoxena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Stigmacros
Species: S. termitoxena
Binomial name
Stigmacros termitoxena
Wheeler, W.M., 1936

Stigmacros termitoxena antweb1008719 p 1 high.jpg

Stigmacros termitoxena antweb1008719 d 1 high.jpg

Stigmacros termitoxena, thus named because the original colony was associated with a termite mound, is a large Stigmacros found in the more northern parts of the SWBP as well as regions to the north of the Province. (Heterick 2009)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.5° to -29.88333333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Stigmacros termitoxena antweb1008719 h 2 high.jpg
Worker. Specimen code antweb1008719. Photographer Lucinda Gibson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MVMA, Melbourne, Australia.

Nomenclature

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

  • termitoxena. Stigmacros termitoxenus Wheeler, W.M. 1936d: 215, fig. 9 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in S. (Cyrtostigmacros): McAreavey, 1957: 37.

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

Description

Type Material

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1936. Ecological relations of ponerine and other ants to termites. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 71: 159-243.