Stigmatomma rubiginoum

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Stigmatomma rubiginoum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species: S. rubiginoum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma rubiginoum
(Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1992)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • rubiginoum. Amblyopone rubiginous Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1303, fig. 4567 (w.) CHINA (Hunan).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: China: Hunan Prov., Liuyang County, vi.1985 (Jiang Yun).
    • Type-depository: CAFB.
    • Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 62; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 33; Xu, 2001d: 552 (in key); Xu, 2006: 152 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 102; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 23; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1179 (in key).
    • Distribution: China.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Huang J. 2005. The Fauna and taxonomy of the Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Hunan Province, P. R. China. PhD Thesis, Southwest Agricultural University China Chongqing, 247 pp.
  • Xu Zheng-hui. 2001. A systematic study on the ant genus Amblyopone Erichson from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 26(4): 551-556.
  • Xu Z.-H., and J. J. Chu. 2012. Four New Species of the Amblyoponine Ant Genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southwestern China with a Key to the Known Asian Species. Sociobiology 59(4): 1175-1196.[[category:Stigmatomma rubiginoum]