Stenamma lippulum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Israel, Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmica lippula Nylander, 1849: 41 (w.) RUSSIA.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265).
 * [Note: doubts are expressed about the validity of the lectotype designation, and the identity of the type-material, by Radchenko, 2007: 28.]
 * Type-locality: Russia: “E Rossia meridionali” (V Motschulski).
 * Type-depository: ZMHF.
 * Smith, F. 1858a: 280 (q.); DuBois, 1993: 322 (w.q.m.).
 * Combination in Tetramorium: Smith, F. 1858a: 279; Roger, 1859: 258; Mayr, 1861: 61 (in key);
 * combination in Asemorhoptrum: Mayr, 1861: 76; André, 1874: 192;
 * combination in Stenamma: Forel, 1889: 258.
 * Junior synonym of westwoodii: Forel, 1889: 258; Lameere, 1892: 68; Dalla Torre, 1893: 121; Saunders, E. 1896: 35; Ruzsky, 1905b: 709; Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159; Forel, 1915d: 37 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1915d: 139; Emery, 1916b: 127; Emery, 1921f: 54; Müller, 1923b: 46; Betrem, 1926: 218; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 153; Karavaiev, 1934: 98; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139.
 * Status as species: Nylander, 1856b: 88; Smith, F. 1857b: 39; Smith, F. 1858a: 279; Smith, F. 1858b: 118; Mayr, 1861: 61; Roger, 1863b: 27; Mayr, 1863: 395; Smith, F. 1871b: 3; Dours, 1873: 168; Forel, 1874: 80 (in key); André, 1874: 192 (in key); Emery, 1878b: 51; Emery & Forel, 1879: 460; Saunders, E. 1880: 217; DuBois, 1993: 321 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265; Radchenko, 2007: 28; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 44; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 737 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 160.
 * Senior synonym of caucasicum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
 * Senior synonym of hirtula: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
 * Distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Russia.
 * caucasicum. Stenamma caucasicum Arnol'di, 1975: 1823 (page number misprinted as 1283 in text), fig. 3a (w.q.) RUSSIA, GEORGIA.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265), 11 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen.
 * Type-locality: lectotype Russia: Caucasus, Krasnaya Polyana, viii.1933 (K. Arnol’di) (by restriction of DuBois, 1998b: 265); paralectotypes with same data.
 * [Note: other original syntypes: workers, queens (numbers not stated, “a large series”) Russia: Krasnodar Krai (K. Arnol’di), workers (number not stated) Georgia: Dmanisi and Tsagveri (Zhizhilashvili).]
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Status as species: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key).
 * Junior synonym of lippulum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.
 * hirtula. Stenamma westwoodi var. hirtula Emery, 1898c: 135 (w.) AZERBAIJAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * [Note: lectotype designation by DuBois, 1998b: 265, is redundant as Emery states “one worker”.]
 * Type-locality: Azerbaijan: Lenkoran (Korb).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Arnol'di, 1975: 1826 (m.).
 * Subspecies of westwoodii: Ruzsky, 1905b: 710.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1908c: 308; Emery, 1921f: 53; Arnol'di, 1928b: 208; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 45; Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list); Arnol'di, 1975: 1826; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key).
 * Junior synonym of lippulum: DuBois, 1993: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 265.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
 * Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
 * Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen." Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar (Helsinki) 20 (1898): 124-151.
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte seconda. Formiche dell'Europa e delle regioni limitrofe in Africa e in Asia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 12 (1878): 43-59.
 * Liu X., and Z. H. Xu. 2011. Three New Species of the Ant Genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya and the Hengduan Mountains With a Revised Key to the Known Species of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Sociobiology 58: 733-748.
 * Nylander, W. "Synopsis des Formicides de France et d'Algérie." Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (4)5 (1856): 51-109.
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.