Stigmatomma quadratum (lat.) - a species of small earth ants from the subfamily Amblyoponinae . Southeast Asia : Vietnam [1] .
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Description
Small ants (body length about 5 mm), the main color is yellowish-brown. They are distinguished from closely related species (for example, Stigmatomma bruni ) by 12 small triangular teeth along the anterior margin of the clypeus and coarse occipital corners. The eyes are small. Antennae short, 11-segmented. Mandibles long, narrow, sting well developed. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one knotty segment ( petiol ) widely attached to the abdomen. The species was first described in 1935 by Vladimir Karavaev [2] [1] [3] . Since 2012 in the genus Stigmatomma [4] .
See also
- List of Chinese ant species
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Baroni Urbani, C. 1978. Contributo alla conoscenza del genere Amblyopone Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 51: 39-51 (page 48, figs. 13, 14 description of workers)
- ↑ Karavaiev, V. 1935a. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15: 57-118 (page 58)
- ↑ 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. Taur of dracula ants: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Systematic Entomology, 41, 683-693 (DOI: 10.1111 / syen.12186).
Literature
- Ward, PS & Fisher, BL 2016. Taur of dracula ants: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Systematic Entomology , 41, 683-693 (DOI: 10.1111 / syen.12186)
Links
- Amblyopone on the Encyclopedia of Life , eol.org (Eng.)