Stigmatomma gaetulicum

Stigmatomma gaetulicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Stigmatomma
Species:	S. gaetulicum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma gaetulicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978) Specimen labels

Distribution

Known from Morocco and Portugal.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.364444° to 35.784722°.

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), Portugal, 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.

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

Regional Notes

Portugal

Boieiro et al. (2002) - A single specimen was found beneath a stone in a grassland habitat, near Ribeira do Loureiro (UTM - 29SPC1147), on 20th November 2000. The stone was partially buried and involved in moist soil.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0102472. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Worker. Specimen code casent0102473. 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.

• gaetulicum. Amblyopone gaetulica Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 47, figs. 6, 12 (w.) MOROCCO.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier, iii.1896 (H. Vaucher).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
  • Status as species: Tinaut, 1990d: 190; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Borowiec, L. 2014: 162; Lebas, et al. 2016: 106.
  • Distribution: Gibraltar, Morocco, Spain.

References

• Arcos, J., Chaves, D., Alarcón, P., Rosado, A. 2022. First record of Temnothorax convexus (Forel, 1894) in Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an updated checklist of the ants from the country. Sociobiology, 69(2), e7623 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623).
• Arcos, J., Chaves, D., Alarcón, P., Rosado, Á. 2022. First record of Temnothorax convexus (Forel, 1894) in Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an updated checklist of the ants from the country. Sociobiology, 692), e7623 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623).
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1978a. Contributo alla conoscenza del genere Amblyopone Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 51: 39-51 (page 47, figs. 6, 12 worker described)

• Boieiro, M., X. Espadaler, et al. (2002). "Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bol. Soc. Port. Entomol. 202(VII-20): 254-259.

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Tinaut, A. 1990d [1988]. El género Amblyopone Erichson en la Península Ibérica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Misc. Zool. (Barc.) 12: 189-193 (page 189, see also)

• 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

• Baroni Urbani, C. "Contributo alla conoscenza del genere Amblyopone Erichson." Mitteilungen der Schweirzerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 51(1) (1978): 39-51.
• Boieiro M., X. Espadaler, A. R. Azedo, C. Collingwood, and A. R. M. Serrano. 2009. One genus and three ant species new to Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 45: 515-517.
• Boieiro, M. R. C., X. Espadaler, A. R. Azedo, and A. M. Serrano. "Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia Vol VII-20 (2002): 253-259.
• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Espadaler X., M. Boieiro, R. Azedo, C. Bernardes, D. Figueiredo, and A. R. M. Serrano. 2008. Additions to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletin Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 42: 349-351.
• Espadaler, X., A. R. Azedo, C. Bernardes, D. Figueiredo, A. R. M. Serrano, and M. Boeiro. "Additions to the Ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42 (2008): 349-351.
• Tinaut A. 2016. Ants of the Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Mountains Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 40 (1-2): 125-159.
• Tinaut, A., and M. D. Martínez Ibáñez. "Nuevos datos para la Fauna Iberica de hormigas I. Ponerinae y Formicinae." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 22 (3-4) (1998): 233-236.
• Tinaut, A. "Contribución al estudio de los formícidos de la región del estrecho de Gibraltar y su interés biogeográfico." Graellsia 45 (1989): 19-29.
• Tinaut, A. "El género Amblyopone Erichson en al Península Ibérica." Miscellanea Zoologica 12 (1990): 189-193.