Stenamma punctiventre

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Stenamma punctiventre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Stenamma
Species: S. punctiventre
Binomial name
Stenamma punctiventre
Emery, 1908

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.61175° to 32.249974°.

   
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • punctiventre. Stenamma punctiventre Emery, 1908c: 309 (q.) MOROCCO.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) queen.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier, viii.1896 (Vaucher).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1921f: 53; Santschi, 1923a: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285 (redescription); Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 737 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 161.
    • Senior synonym of myops: Santschi, 1923a: 136; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285.
    • Distribution: Morocco.
  • myops. Theryella myops Santschi, 1921d: 68 (w.) MOROCCO.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Morocco: Rabat, 1920 (Théry).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in Stenamma: Santschi, 1923a: 136.
    • Junior synonym of punctiventre: Santschi, 1923a: 136; Smith, M.R. 1957b: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 285.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
  • DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
  • Guillem R, and K. Bensusan. 2019. Two new species of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Europe, from southern Iberia. Rev. Soc. Gad. Hist. Nat. 13: 5-10.