Stigmatomma luzonicum

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Stigmatomma luzonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species: S. luzonicum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma luzonicum
Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

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Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).

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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

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Nomenclature

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

  • luzonicum. Stigmatomma (Fulakora) luzonicum Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 56, pl. 1, fig. 18 (q.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Laguna Prov., Los Baños (C.F. Baker).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 168;
    • combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 24; Brown, 1960a: 168, 196; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1186 (in key).
    • Senior synonym of williamsi: Brown, 1960a: 168, 196; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
    • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Negros).
  • williamsi. Stigmatomma (Fulakora) williamsi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 56, pl. 1, fig. 19 (w.q.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
    • Type-material: 13 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Mountain Prov., Baguio, 1370 m. (F.X. Williams).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 24; Baltazar, 1966: 234.
    • Junior synonym of luzonicum: Brown, 1960a: 168, 196; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 63.

Description

References

  • 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, and senior synonym of williamsi)
  • Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 47-73 (page 56, pl. 1, fig. 18 queen described)
  • 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

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
  • Taylor R. W. 1965. New Melanesian ants of the genera Simopone and Amblyopone (Hymenoptera-Formicidae) of zoogeographic significance. Breviora 221: 1-11.
  • Wheeler W. M., and J. W. Chapman. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 47-73.