Stigmatomma sakaii

This rarely encountered species has been found under stones.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan. Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 * . Amblyopone sakaii Terayama, 1989b: 344, figs. 1, 2 (w.) TAIWAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi, 21.viii.1987 (H. Sakai).
 * Type-depository: NIAS.
 * Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 62; Onoyama, 1999: 161; Xu, 2001d: 552 (in key); Imai, et al. 2003: 219; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Xu, 2006: 152 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 93; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 102; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1177 (in key); Bharti & Rilta, 2015b: 510 (in key); Hsu, F. et al. 2017: 90 (in key).
 * Distribution: Japan, Taiwan.

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.
 * Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
 * Onoyama K. 1999. A new and a newly recorded species of the ant genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Japan. Entomological Science 2:157-161.
 * Terayama M. 1989. The ant tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Taiwan with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57:343-346.
 * Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
 * Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
 * 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.
 * Xu Zheng-hui. 2001. A systematic study on the ant genus Amblyopone Erichson from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 26(4): 551-556.
 * 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.