Stigmatomma denticulatum

This species is widely but sparsely distributed from Spain through southern Europe to the Balkans and the Middle East (Schembri & Collingwood, 1981).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Malta, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  denticulatum. Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859: 251, pl. 7, fig. 2 (w.) GREECE. Emery, 1875a: 74 (m.); Emery, 1909c: 357 (q.). Combination in Amblyopone: Emery & Forel, 1879: 455; in Stigmatomma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 168; in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19. Senior synonym of gheorghieffi: Emery, 1915a: 255, Emery, 1916b: 100; of gracilicornis: Brown, 1960a: 168. See also: Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 42; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 61.
 * gheorghieffi. Amblyopone gheorghieffi Forel, 1892i: 309 (m.) BULGARIA. Combination in Stigmatomma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14. Junior synonym of denticulatum: Emery, 1915a: 255.
 * gracilicornis. Stigmatomma denticulatum var. gracilicornis Menozzi, 1936d: 268 (w.) GREECE. Junior synonym of denticulatum: Brown, 1960a: 168.

Stigmatomma denticulatum type material

Holotype worker from Monte Scapo (Mt. Scapo), Insel Zante (Zante Is.), Griechenland (Greece), Von Kiesenwelter : 18992, CASENT0104566 (Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 3). Only one specimen from Greece is in ZMHB and it is labeled ‘‘typus.’’ Original labels on this specimen seem to have been replaced by new labels. The new label mistakenly lists the collector as ‘‘Roger, S.’’ instead of Von Kiesenwelter.

Additional References

 * Schembri, S. P.; Collingwood, C. A. 1981. A revision of the myrmecofauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 83: 417-442.
 * 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).