Biology:Stigmatomma trigonignathum

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Short description: Species of insect

Stigmatomma trigonignathum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species:
S. trigonignathum
Binomial name
Stigmatomma trigonignathum
(Brown, 1949)
Synonyms
  • Amblyopone trigonignathum Brown, 1949

Stigmatomma trigonignathum is a species of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. It is considered one of the rarest ants in the world, only known from one specimen collected in 1948[1] and another observed in 2008. Both records are from the Piedmont region of North Carolina.[2]

Description

The 1948 type specimen is 6.12 mm long, including mandibles but excluding stinger. It is mostly uniform ferruginous in color.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, W. L. (1949). "A new American Amblyopone, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 56 (2): 81–88. https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/f/f7/Brown_1949e.pdf. 
  2. Guénard, Benoit & Mccaffrey, Katherine & LUCKY, ANDREA & Dunn, Robert. (2012). Ants of North Carolina: An updated list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 3552. 1-36. 10.11646/zootaxa.3552.1.1.

Wikidata ☰ Q14404624 entry