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Stigmatomma denticulatum
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Stigmatomma |
| Species: | S. denticulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
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This species is widely but sparsely distributed from Spain through southern Europe to the Balkans and the Middle East (Schembri & Collingwood, 1981).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 45.399215° to 32.249974°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Nepal.
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (type locality), Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye.
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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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
Worker
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102470. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Type of Stigmatomma denticulatum. Worker. Specimen code casent0104566. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany. |
    
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102132. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0102147. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Male
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| Holotype of Amblyopone gheorghieffi. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0102514. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- denticulatum. Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859: 251, pl. 7, fig. 2 (w.) GREECE (Zakynthos I.).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Greece: Zante I. (= Zakynthos I.), Monte Scapo (v. Kiesenwetter).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Emery, 1875a: 74 (m.); Emery, 1909c: 357 (q.).
- Combination in Amblyopone: Emery & Forel, 1879: 455; Brown, 1960a: 168;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1861: 53 (in key); Roger, 1861a: 53; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863: 454; André, 1874: 187 (in key); Emery, 1875a: 74; Emery, 1875b: 471; Emery, 1878b: 50; Emery & Forel, 1879: 455; Emery, 1881b: 528; André, 1882c: 233 (in key); Forel, 1886e: clxvii; Saunders, E. 1890: 203; Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Emery, 1895b: 59; Emery, 1909c: 357; Emery, 1911d: 24; Forel, 1913d: 427; Emery, 1914d: 156; Santschi, 1915a: 55 (in key); Emery, 1916b: 101 (in key); Bondroit, 1918: 80; Müller, 1921: 48; Finzi, 1923: 1; Müller, 1923b: 24; Finzi, 1924a: 15; Emery, 1924c: 164; Finzi, 1928b: 129; Finzi, 1930d: 311; Grandi, 1935: 98; Zimmermann, 1935: 7; Finzi, 1939b: 87; Consani & Zangheri, 1952: 39; Ceballos, 1956: 296; Brown, 1960a: 168, 197; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 55; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 9; Aktaç, 1977: 118; Collingwood, 1978: 74 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42 (redescription); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 420; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 264 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 256; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 174; Tinaut, 1990d: 190; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 61; Mei, 1992a: 412; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Poldi, et al. 1995: 2; Bračko, 2006: 134; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Petrov, 2006: 83 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 38; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 4; Legakis, 2011: 3; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 536; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 3; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2013: 365; Borowiec, L. 2014: 161; Lebas, et al. 2016: 106; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 7; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
- Senior synonym of gheorghieffii: Emery, 1915a: 255, Emery, 1916b: 100; Brown, 1960a: 168, 197; Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
- Senior synonym of gracilicornis: Brown, 1960a: 168, 197; Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
- Distribution: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Turkey.
- gheorghieffii. Amblyopone gheorghieffii Forel, 1892i: 309 (m.) BULGARIA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Bulgaria: Sliven, 10.viii.1891 (A. Forel).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 14.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Emery, 1909c: 358; Emery, 1911d: 24.
- Junior synonym of denticulatum: Emery, 1915a: 255, Emery, 1916b: 100; Brown, 1960a: 168, 197; Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
- gracilicornis. Stigmatomma denticulatum var. gracilicornis Menozzi, 1936d: 268 (w.) GREECE (Rhodes I.).
- Type-material: 8 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Greece: Rhodes I., M. Profeta Elia (C. Menozzi).
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- Junior synonym of denticulatum: Brown, 1960a: 168, 197; Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
Stigmatomma denticulatum type material
Holotype worker from Monte Scapo (Mt. Scapo), Insel Zante (Zante Is.), Griechenland (Greece), Von Kiesenwelter (Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität): 18992,
CASENT0104566 (Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 3). Only one specimen from Greece is in ZMHB and it is labeled ‘‘typus.’’ Original labels on this specimen seem to have been replaced by new labels. The new label mistakenly lists the collector as ‘‘Roger, S.’’ instead of Von Kiesenwelter.
Description
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