Stigmatomma rothneyi

Stigmatomma rothneyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Stigmatomma
Species:	S. rothneyi
Binomial name
	Stigmatomma rothneyi; (Forel, 1900) Specimen labels

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 rothneyi is known from both the Western Ghats and the Eastern Himalayas (Bharti et al., 2016; Sahanashree et al., 2023).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.82° to 22.1983°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines.
Oriental Region: India (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb


Worker. Specimen code casent0102478. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.


Holotype of Amblyopone rothneyi. Worker. Specimen code casent0102517. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

rothneyi. Amblyopone (Stigmatomma) rothneyi Forel, 1900c: 56 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1960a: 193 (in text)).
- [Note: Forel gives no indication of the original number of syntypes.]
- Type-locality: India: Barrackpore (Rothney).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Bingham, 1903: 37;
- combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
- Status as species: Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 37; Emery, 1911d: 25; Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 55; Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 4; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 58; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 25; Brown, 1960a: 169, 193; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 62; Xu, 2001d: 552 (in key); Xu, 2006: 152 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 102; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2011: 590 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 23; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1182 (in key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 18.
- Distribution: China, India.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Forel 1900d. Page 56.

References

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