Biology:Stigmatomma trigonignathum
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Short description: Species of insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Stigmatomma |
| Species: | S. trigonignathum
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| Stigmatomma trigonignathum (Brown, 1949)
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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