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Stigmatomma emeryi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Stigmatomma |
| Species: | S. emeryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmatomma emeryi Saunders, E., 1890
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Stigmatomma emeryi is found near Algeciras and in Ceuta (Tinaut, Ruano, and Martinez, 2011c). This species ecology and natural history is regarded to be very similar to A. ghilianii’s (Tinaut et al., 2011b; Tinaut et al., 2011c, Jowers 2015). S emeryi has a similar distribution pattern as Technomyrmex vexatus and Anochetus ghilianii, occurring on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar and having a very restricted range on at least one side of the Strait. A genetic study (Jowers et al. 2015) suggested the distribution of A. ghilianii is not explained by this species having been present prior to the closing of a land connection between these two areas, i.e., > 5 MYA. It was more likely moved across the strait by humans. They speculated the distribution of Stigmatomma emeryi has a similar explanation.
| At a Glance | • Limited invasive |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.182222° to 31.633333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco (type locality), Spain.
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102203. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102513. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Paratype of Stigmatomma emeryi. Worker. Specimen code casent0172808. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
 
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0101446. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- emeryi. Amblyopone emeryi Saunders, E. 1890: 203, fig. (w.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small colony”).
- Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier (J.J. Walker).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, MHNG.
- Emery, 1915a: 254 (m.).
- Combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 168;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Emery, 1909c: 358; Emery, 1911d: 24; Santschi, 1914a: 430; Santschi, 1915a: 55 (in key); Emery, 1915a: 254; Brown, 1960a: 168; Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 46 (redescription); Tinaut, 1990d: 190; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Borowiec, L. 2014: 162; Lebas, et al. 2016: 106.
- Distribution: Morocco.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 168, Combination in Amblyopone)
- Emery, C. 1915a. Contributo alla conoscenza delle formiche delle isole italiane. Descrizione di forme mediterrannee nuove o critiche. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 46[=(3)(6): 244-270 (page 254, male described)
- Espadaler, X. & Hernando, C. 2012. Redécouverte de Stenamma punctiventre Emery au Maroc. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 28, 33-36.
- Jowers, M. J., A. Taheri, and J. Reyes-Lopez. 2015. The ant Anochetus ghilianii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), not a Tertiary relict, but an Iberian introduction from North Africa: Evidence from mtDNA analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity. 13:865-874. doi:10.1080/14772000.2015.1061065
- Saunders, E. 1890. Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 26: 201-205 (page 203, fig. worker described)
- Taheri, A., Reyes-Lopez, J.L. 2023. New and additional records for the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Morocco. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(1): 1-10 (doi:10.51963/jers.v25i1.1995).
- Tinaut, A., Ruano, F. 2021. Biogeography of Iberian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 13, 88. (doi:10.3390/d13020088).
- Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE 7(3):e33325 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).
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.
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
- Espadaler X., and C. Hernando. 2012. Redecouverte de Stenamma punctiventre Emery au Maroc (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouv. Revue Ent. (N.S.) 28(1): 33-36.
- Santschi, F. 1914. Mélanges myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 429-437.
- Santschi, F. "Mélanges myrmecologiques." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57 (1914): 429-437.
- Saunders, E. "Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna)." Entomologists' Monthly Magazine XXVI (1890): 201-206 y 289-291.
- Tinaut, A. "Contribución al estudio de los formícidos de la región del estrecho de Gibraltar y su interés biogeográfico." Graellsia 45 (1989): 19-29.