Stigmatomma pluto

Stigmatomma pluto
Stigmatomma pluto male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species: S. pluto
Binomial name
Stigmatomma pluto
(Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Amblyopone pluto
    Gotwald & Levieux[1]

Stigmatomma pluto comb. nov. is a species of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The species was first described as Amblyopone pluto by Gotwald and Levieux in 1972[2] and moved to the genus Stigmatomma in 2012.[3]

Stigmatomma pluto is endemic to the unburned savannas of central Ivory Coast.[2]

References

  1. "Stigmatomma pluto". Hymenoptera Name Server, version 1.5. Ohio State University. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 Gotwald, W. H.; Levieux, J. (March 1972). Taxonomy and biology of a new West African ant belonging to the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65 (2). pp. 383–396. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. (March 29, 2012). "A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer". PLoS ONE 7 (3): e33325. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325. PMC 3320654. PMID 22496722. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

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