Stigmacros anthracina

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Stigmacros anthracina is closely related to Stigmacros brachytera and Stigmacros elegans but can be recognized by the punctate-microreticulate sculpture of the mesonotum.

Distribution
In the SWBP this rather uncommon ant has only been collected in the Darling Range south of Perth, but it was originally described from Mt Lofty, near Adelaide, SA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  anthracina. Stigmacros (Campostigmacros) anthracina McAreavey, 1957: 29, figs. 95-97 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1974a: 60 (l.).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.