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Identification
Hamer et al. (2023), Fig. 12. Head comparison of
Stigmatomma nr.
quadratum group specimen collected in Hong Kong (A; ANTWEB1010961) to the holotypes of
Stigmatomma quadratum (B; CASENT0916797, Flavia Esteves),
S. reclinatum (C; CASENT0915649, Harald Bruckner),
S. bellii (D; CASENT0102510, April Nobile),
S. rothneyi (E; CASENT0102517, April Nobile) and
S. crenatum (F; CASENT0104983, April Nobile).
Stigmatomma feae holotype (CASENT0102126) not included here. Pictures available from www.antweb.org.
Hamer et al. (2023), Fig. 14. Genal tooth shapes, in full face view, across species within the
Stigmatomma reclinatum group.
Stigmatomma nr.
quadratum (A; ANTWEB1010866),
Stigmatomma quadratum (B; CASENT0916797, Flavia Esteves),
S. reclinatum (C; ZRC_HYM_571.1),
S. bellii (D; CASENT0102510, April Nobile),
S. rothneyi (E; CASENT0102517, April Nobile) and
S. crenatum (F; CASENT0104983, April Nobile).
Stigmatomma feae holotype (CASENT0102126) not included here. Pictures available from www.antweb.org.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Within India, Stigmatomma reclinatum has been reported exclusively from the Western Ghats (Bharti et al., 2016; Sahanashree et al., 2023).
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.
Oriental Region: India, Thailand.
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
Male
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- reclinatum. Amblyopone reclinata Mayr, 1879: 667 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Java (S. van Vollenhoven?).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Stitz, 1925: 110 (m.); Imai, et al. 1984: 67 (k.).
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 14;
- combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169, 193;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Forel, 1905c: 3; Emery, 1911d: 24; Forel, 1913k: 4; Stitz, 1925: 110; Karavaiev, 1925a: 75; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 25; Brown, 1960a: 169; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 12; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1179 (in key).
- Distribution: Indonesia (Java), Philippines (Binaluan, Luzon, Palawan), Thailand.
Description
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- n = 19, 2n = 38 (Malaysia) (Imai et al., 1983; Mariano et al., 2015) (as Amblyopone reclinata).
References
- Billen, J., Khalife, A., Ito, F., Anh, N.D., Esteves, F.A. 2021. The basitarsal sulcus gland, a novel exocrine structure in ants. Arthropod Structure, Development 61, 101041 (doi:10.1016/j.asd.2021.101041).
- Billen, J.; Thijs, B.; Ito, F.; Gobin, B. 2005. The pretarsal footprint gland of the ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its role in nestmate recruitment. Arthropod Struct. Devel. 34(2): 111-115 (page 111, exocrine gland)
- 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 169, Combination in Amblyopone (see also p. 193))
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 14, Combination in Stigmatomma)
- Delsinne, T., Sonet, G., Arias-Penna, T.M. 2019. Capitulo 21. Subfamilia Paraponerinae. Hormigas de Colombia.
- Hamer, M.T., Pierce, M.P., Guénard, B. 2023. The Amblyoponinae (Formicidae) of Hong Kong. Asian Myrmecology 16, e016005 (doi:10.20362/am.016005).
- Imai, H. T.; Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kubota, M.; Yong, H.-S.; Tho, Y. P. 1984. Chromosome observations on tropical ants from western Malaysia. II. Annu. Rep. Natl. Inst. Genet. Jpn. 34: 66-69 (page 67, karyotype described)
- Ito, F. (1993) Social organization in a primitive ponerine ant: queenless reproduction, dominance hierarchy and functional polygyny in Amblyopone sp. (reclinata group) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Journal of Natural History, 27, 1315–1324.
- Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).
- Mariano, C.S.F., Santos, I.S., Silva, J.G., Costa, M.A., Pompolo, S.G. 2015. Citogenética e evolução do cariótipo em formigas poneromorfas. In: Delabie, J.H.C., Feitosa, R.M., Serrao, J.E., Mariano, C.S.F., Majer, J.D. (eds) As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil, 1st edn. Ilhéus, Brasil, pp 102–125 (doi:10.7476/9788574554419.0010).
- Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 667, worker described)
- Sahanashree, R., Aswaj, P., Aniruddha, M., Priyadarsanan, D.R. 2023. Two new reports of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) species from the Indian Subcontinent. Sociobiology 70(4): e9315 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v70i4.9315).
- Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 110, male described)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
- 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).
- Billen J., B. Thijs, F. Ito, and B. Gobin. 2005. The pretarsal footprint gland of the ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its role in nestmate recruitment. Arthropod Struct. Devel. 34(2): 111-115.
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230.
- 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
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.
- Forel A. 1913k. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
- Ito, F.; Yamane, S.; Eguchi, K.; Noerdjito, W. A.; Kahono, S.; Tsuji, K.; Ohkawara, K.; Yamauchi, K.; Nishida, T.; Nakamura, K. 2001. Ant species diversity in the Bogor Botanic Garden, West Java, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Tropics 10:379-404.
- Jaitrong W., and T. Ting-Nga. 2005. Ant fauna of Peninsular Botanical Garden (Khao Chong), Trang Province, Southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(2): 137-147.
- Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
- Karavaiev V. 1926. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia 8: 413-445.
- Karavaiev, V. 1925. Ponerinen (Fam. Formicidae) aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Konowia 4:69-81.
- Stitz H. 1925. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1923: 110-136.
- Tijskens M., F. Ito, and J. Billen. 2002. Novel exocrine glands in the legs of the ponerine ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 52: 69-75.