Fulakora degenerata

Lattke (1991): S.P. Cover (pers. comm.) reports capturing this rare species, previously known only from SE Brazil: PERU, Tambopata, Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km NE Puerto Maldonado, 13-IV-89, S. Cover & J. Tobin, leg. Samples CA-129 and CA-119. Both samples were taken from clay soil at the base of a large tree, and each sample yielded two workers. All are deposited in MCZC. These specimens compare well with the degenerata type, however all 4 have 6 antennomeres, and not 7 as does the type.

Identification
Key to Stigmatomma of the New World

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 *  degeneratum. Amblyopone degenerata Borgmeier, 1957: 111, figs. 18-20 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 19.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1957a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 PDF]]


 * Lattke, J. E. 1991d. Studies of neotropical Amblyopone Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 428:1-7.


 * 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).