Stigmatomma mulanae is a species of ant of the genus Stigmatomma. Described by Xu in 2000 from a single dealate queen found in 1998 in the Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, it was placed as the type species of Bannapone, under the name Bannapone mulanae.[1] It was moved to Stigmatomma by Ward & Fisher (2016).[2]
Stigmatomma mulanae | |
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Stigmatomma mulanae dealate queen (holotype specimen) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Genus: | Stigmatomma |
Species: | S. mulanae
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Binomial name | |
Stigmatomma mulanae (Xu, 2000)
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References
edit- ^ Xu, Z.-H. B. (2000). "Two new genera of ant subfamilies Dorylinae and Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Yunnan, China". Zoological Research. 21: 297–302.
- ^ Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L. (2016). "Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 41 (3): 683–693. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..683W. doi:10.1111/syen.12186. S2CID 51820029.