Stigmatomma reclinatum

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Stigmatomma reclinatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species: S. reclinatum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma reclinatum
(Mayr, 1879)

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Specimen Label

At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

  • Hamer et al. (2023), Fig. 12. Head comparison of Stigmatomma nr. quadratum group specimen collected in Hong Kong (A; ANTWEB1010961) to the holotypes of Stigmatomma quadratum (B; CASENT0916797, Flavia Esteves), S. reclinatum (C; CASENT0915649, Harald Bruckner), S. bellii (D; CASENT0102510, April Nobile), S. rothneyi (E; CASENT0102517, April Nobile) and S. crenatum (F; CASENT0104983, April Nobile). Stigmatomma feae holotype (CASENT0102126) not included here. Pictures available from www.antweb.org.
  • Hamer et al. (2023), Fig. 14. Genal tooth shapes, in full face view, across species within the Stigmatomma reclinatum group. Stigmatomma nr. quadratum (A; ANTWEB1010866), Stigmatomma quadratum (B; CASENT0916797, Flavia Esteves), S. reclinatum (C; ZRC_HYM_571.1), S. bellii (D; CASENT0102510, April Nobile), S. rothneyi (E; CASENT0102517, April Nobile) and S. crenatum (F; CASENT0104983, April Nobile). Stigmatomma feae holotype (CASENT0102126) not included here. Pictures available from www.antweb.org.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Within India, Stigmatomma reclinatum has been reported exclusively from the Western Ghats (Bharti et al., 2016; Sahanashree et al., 2023).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.
Oriental Region: India, Thailand.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0172222. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0102188. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Male

Images from AntWeb

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172223. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • reclinatum. Amblyopone reclinata Mayr, 1879: 667 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java (S. van Vollenhoven?).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Stitz, 1925: 110 (m.); Imai, et al. 1984: 67 (k.).
    • Combination in Stigmatomma: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 14;
    • combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169, 193;
    • combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Forel, 1905c: 3; Emery, 1911d: 24; Forel, 1913k: 4; Stitz, 1925: 110; Karavaiev, 1925a: 75; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 25; Brown, 1960a: 169; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 12; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1179 (in key).
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Java), Philippines (Binaluan, Luzon, Palawan), Thailand.

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 19, 2n = 38 (Malaysia) (Imai et al., 1983; Mariano et al., 2015) (as Amblyopone reclinata).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Billen J., B. Thijs, F. Ito, and B. Gobin. 2005. The pretarsal footprint gland of the ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its role in nestmate recruitment. Arthropod Struct. Devel. 34(2): 111-115.
  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230.
  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.
  • Forel A. 1913k. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
  • Ito, F.; Yamane, S.; Eguchi, K.; Noerdjito, W. A.; Kahono, S.; Tsuji, K.; Ohkawara, K.; Yamauchi, K.; Nishida, T.; Nakamura, K. 2001. Ant species diversity in the Bogor Botanic Garden, West Java, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Tropics 10:379-404.
  • Jaitrong W., and T. Ting-Nga. 2005. Ant fauna of Peninsular Botanical Garden (Khao Chong), Trang Province, Southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(2): 137-147.
  • Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
  • Karavaiev V. 1926. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia 8: 413-445.
  • Karavaiev, V. 1925. Ponerinen (Fam. Formicidae) aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Konowia 4:69-81.
  • Stitz H. 1925. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1923: 110-136.
  • Tijskens M., F. Ito, and J. Billen. 2002. Novel exocrine glands in the legs of the ponerine ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 52: 69-75.