Stigmatomma silvestrii

Identification
Total length of workers 3.5 - 4.5 mm. Body color yellowish brown to reddish brown.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan. Palaearctic Region: China, Japan, Republic of Korea.

Biology
S. silvestrii feeds mainly on centipedes. Masuko (1993) discovered and reported the habit whereby queens wound larvae non-lethally and imbibe their haemolymph as food.

Nomenclature

 *  silvestrii. Stigmatomma silvestrii Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 97 (w.) JAPAN. Ogata, 1987: 103 (m.); Terayama, 1989b: 345 (q.); Masuko, 1990b: 221 (l.). Combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169 (see also p. 197); in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 19. See also: Masuko, 1993: 35.

Additional References

 * 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).