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Stigmatomma pluto

Stigmatomma pluto is a species of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The species was first described as Amblyopone pluto by Gotwald and Levieux in 1972 and moved to the genus Stigmatomma in 2012.

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Stigmatomma pluto
Stigmatomma pluto male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Stigmatomma
Species:
S. pluto
Binomial name
Stigmatomma pluto
(Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)
Synonyms1
  • Amblyopone pluto
    Gotwald & Levieux

Stigmatomma pluto is a species of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The species was first described as Amblyopone pluto by Gotwald and Levieux in 19722 and moved to the genus Stigmatomma in 2012.3

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

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References

  1. "Stigmatomma pluto". Hymenoptera Name Server, version 1.5. Ohio State University. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. Gotwald, W. H.; Levieux, J. (March 1972). "Taxonomy and biology of a new West African ant belonging to the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65 (2): 383–396. doi:10.1093/aesa/65.2.383. 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. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733325Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325. PMC 3320654. PMID 22496722.
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