Apterostigma jubatum

Identification
Mera-Rodriguez, et al. (2020) - Head in frontal view with frontal lobes ovoid; anterior portion of clypeus with profile concave and convex in the middle; mandibles with 7–8 teeth; and humeral prominence high (Lattke 1997).

Distribution
Mera-Rodriguez, et al. (2020) - The Amazon-Orinoco basin, with records from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela (Fernández et al. 1996; Lattke 1997), and beyond in other areas of of Brazil.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Apterostigma jubatum Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 47 (w.q.) GUYANA.
 * Lattke, 1997: 159 (m.).
 * Junior synonym of robustum: Weber, 1958c: 249; Kempf, 1972a: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 74.
 * Status as species: Weber, 1946b: 135; Lattke, 1997: 158 (redescription); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 839.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Lattke J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 34: 121-221
 * Sobrinho T., J. H. Schoereder, C. F. Sperber, and M. S. Madureira. 2003. Does fragmentation alter species composition in ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Sociobiology 42(2): 329-342.
 * Weber N. A. 1946. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IX. The British Guiana species. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 17: 114-172.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1925. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8): 1-55.