Stigmatomma silvestrii

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

Distribution
This taxon was described from Japan. It is also found in Taiwan, China and 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).