Stigmatomma fulvidum

Stigmatomma fulvidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Stigmatomma
Species:	S. fulvidum
Binomial name
	Stigmatomma fulvidum; (Terayama, 1987) Specimen labels

Common Name

Keshi-nokogiri-hari-ari
Language:	Japanese

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

fulvidum. Amblyopone fulvida Terayama, 1987: 31, figs. 1-5 (w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Henzu-jima Is, Yonagusuku-son, 4.i.1985 (H. Takamine).
- Type-depository: NIAS.
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
- combination in Bannapone: Eguchi, et al. 2015: 82;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
- Status as species: Morisita, et al. 1989: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Xu, 2001d: 552 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 219; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1177 (in key); Eguchi, et al. 2015: 85 (in key).
- Distribution: Japan.

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

Description

Type Material

Eguchi et al. (2015) - Holotype: worker, Japan: Okinawa: Yonagusuku-son: Henza-jima Is., 04/i/1985, H. Takamine leg., NIAES, examined. Paratypes: 4 workers, same data as the holotype, examined.

References

Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V., Yamane, S., and Terayama, M. 2015. Redefinition of the genus Bannapone and description of B. cryptica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa. 4013:77–86 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5).
Terayama, M. 1987a. A new species of Amblyopone (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. Edaphologia 36: 31-33 (page 31, figs. 1-5 worker described)
Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
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

Terayama M. 1987. A new species of Amblyopone (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. Edaphologia 36: 31-33.
Terayama M. 1992. Structure of ant communities in East Asia. A. Regional differences and species richness. Bulletin of the Bio-geographical Society of Japan 47: 1-31.
Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
Yamane S., S. Ikudome, and M. Terayama. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp, 138-317.
Yamane S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp138-317.