Stigmatomma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
Genus: | Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 |
Type species | |
Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
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Diversity[1] | |
53 species | |
Synonyms | |
Arotropus Provancher, 1881 |
Stigmatomma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae.[1] The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, Stigmatomma species are specialized predators.[2] First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym of Amblyopone until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology.[3]