Stigmatomma fulvidum (lat.) Is a species of small earth ants from the subfamily Amblyoponinae . East Asia : Japan [1] .
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Description
Small ants (body length about 2 mm), the main color is yellowish brown. The eyes are small. Antennae short, 10-segmented. Mandibles are long, narrow, the sting is well developed. Clypeus with a row of 5-8 small denticles along the front edge. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one nodular segment ( petiol ) widely attached to the abdomen. The species was first described in 1987 by Japanese worldmecologists Mamoru Terayama , Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Division of Agriculture and Agricultural Life Sciences, University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan ) under the original name Amblyopone fulvidum Terayama, 1987 . In 2015, it was included in the genus Bannapone [1] [2] [3] [4] . Since 2016, as part of the genus Stigmatomma [5] .
See also
- List of Ant species of China
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Terayama M. A new species of Amblyopone (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan (Eng.) // Edaphologia: Journal. - 1987. - Vol. 36. - P. 31-33 (page 31, figs. 1-5 description of the working caste). - ISSN 1313-2970 .
- ↑ Terayama, M. 1989. The ant tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Taiwan with description of a new species. - Jpn. J. Entomol. 57: 343–346 (page 344, figs. 1, 2)
- ↑ Eguchi, K., Bui, TV, Yamane, S., and Terayama, M. 2015. Redefinition of the genus Bannapone and description of B. cryptica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa. 4013: 77–86.
- ↑ Brown, WL, Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). - Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 122: 143-230
- ↑ Ward, PS & Fisher, BL 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (DOI: 10.1111 / syen.12186).
Literature
- Guénard, B .; Dunn, RR A checklist of the ants of China (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press, 2012 .-- Vol. 3558. - P. 1-77. - ISSN 1175-5334 .
- Lin, C.-C .; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan, with keys to genera. - Ann. Nat. Mus. Taiwan, 46: 5-69.
- Wu, J. & Wang, C. (1995). The ants of China. - China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 214 pp.
Links
- Amblyopone on the Encyclopedia of Life website, eol.org