Stigmatomma testaceum

Stigmatomma testaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Stigmatomma
Species:	S. testaceum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma testaceum (Motschoulsky, 1863)

The only known specimen of this nomen dubium is a missing holotype queen.

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Sri Lanka (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

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

• testaceum. Amblyopone? testacea Motschoulsky, 1863: 15 (q.) SRI LANKA. Nomen dubium.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): nr Colombo (V. Motschoulsky).
  • Type-depository: unknown (apparently not in ZMUM).
  • [Note: Amblyopone? testacea Motschoulsky, 1863: 15 is not conspecific nor congeneric with Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893a: cclxxv; discussed by Wilson, 1958d: 360; noted under genus Cryptopone, and Cryptopone testacea.]
  • Forel, 1900d: 328 (w.).
  • Combination in Cryptopone: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 53 (miscombination);
  • combination in Pachycondyla: Kugler, J. 1988: 256 (miscombination);
  • combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1871a: 324; Dalla Torre, 1893: 13; Forel, 1900d: 328; Forel, 1907a: 2; Wheeler, W.M. 1933g: 6; Wilson, 1958d: 360 (nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 63.
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka.

References

• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012a. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae, with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PloS ONE. 7(3):e33325. 23 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325