Stigmatomma pluto
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Stigmatomma pluto | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
Genus: | Stigmatomma |
Species: | S. pluto |
Binomial name | |
Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Levieux, 1972) |
Contents
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pluto. Amblyopone pluto Gotwald & Lévieux, 1972: 384, figs. 1-26 (w.q.m.) IVORY COAST.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Ivory Coast: Lamto Field Station of the University of Abidjan (ca 50 km. S Toumodi, 6°13’N, 5°41’W), 16.viii.1965, nest AA 104 (J. Lévieux); paratypes: some with same data but others with variant dates and nest numbers. The authors do not provide details but mention “type-nest and 4 additional samples”, comprising at least 15 workers, 5 queens and 2 males.]
- Type-depositories: MNHN (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MNHN (paratypes).
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 62.
- Distribution: Ivory Coast.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)
- Gotwald, W. H., Jr.; Lévieux, J. 1972. Taxonomy and biology of a new West African ant belonging to the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65: 383-396. (page 384, figs. 1-26 worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Gotwald W. H., Jr., and J. Lévieux J. 1972. Taxonomy and biology of a new West African ant belonging to the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65: 383-396.
- Levieux J. 1972. Etude du peuplement en fourmis terricoles d'une savane preforestiere de Cote d'Ivoire. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 10(3): 381-428.
- Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.